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PREFACE.
""VTOW that the Editor gives this third Volume of The Scots
Mufical Mufeum to the Pufclick, he hopes it will not be found
unworthy of the Volumes already Publifhed . As this is not
one of thofe many Publications which are hourly ufhered into the
World merely to catch the eye of Fafhion in her frenzy of a day,
the Editor has little to hope or fear from the herd of readers.
Confcicufnefs of the well_knQwn .merit of our Scotifh Mufic, and
the national fondnefs of a Scotch_raan for the productions of his
own country, are at once the Editor's motive and apology for this
Undertaking; and where any of the Pieces in the Collection may
perhaps be found wanting at the Critical Bar of the Firft, he ap _
-peals to the honeft prejudices of the Laft.
Materials for the 4. and in all probability the laft Volume are
in great forwardnefs .
Ed in? February 2^ 1790
* • ••*•• **•••• ••••» ••••• •••
Entered in Stationer's Hall.
* • * • * • • • • • • • • * •*• •••••• •
T -IT IV" m
Index to Volume Third.
Note, the Songs marked B.R. X. 8Cc. are originals by
different hands, bat all of them Scots gentlemen, who have
favoured the Editor and the Pnblick at large with their
compoiitions: thefe marked Z, are old veries, with correc-
tions or additions.
Firft line of each Song. Authors
A Page
Ah, why thus abandon'd to mourning and woe _ _ _ ,_ _ 270
l An O my Eppie __ _ _ _ _■_'_•_ _ 290
And ye fhall walk in filk attire _ _ •'_, __ _ __ 249
As over Gladfmuir's blood ftain'd field Hamilton _The Mufic)
by M? Gibbon _ _ J -210
Aa lata by a Sodger I chanced to pafs _ _ " _, _ _ _ _ 277
As on an eminence I ftood a mufing _ _ _ 282
As o'er the Highland hills I hied _ _ W. C. _ ____ 308
Awa whigs awa _ _ _ ____ _ 272
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Beneath a green fhade 1 fand a fair maid _ _ Ramfay _ _ _ 250
By the ftream fo cool and clear _ _ ______ 250
By the delicious warmnefs of thy mouth- _ Ramfay _ _ _ 262
Ca' the yowes to the knows _ _ ___ -_ _ _ __ 273
Carl an the king come _____ ______ 248
Ceafe, ceafe my dear friend to explore _ _ T. B . _ __ _ 254
Come gies a fang Montgomery cried. -The Rev? MF Skinner _ _ 298
-Dear Myra the captive ribband's mine _ _ _ _ _ _ 266
Deil tak the wars th.-,t hurried Willy frae me _____ 270
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Fate gave the word, the arrow fpcd .The Mufic by Ml; J. Riddel in Ayr 280
Firft when Maggy was my care _ _ _ _ _ 258
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Gill Morice was an carle's fon _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ 212
Gin living worth could win my heart _ _ 252
Go fetch to me a pint o' wine ___ __ ____ 240
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Hark! yonder eagle lonely wails _ _ DF Fordyce _ 237
Hark the loud tempeft fhakes earth to it's center _ _ T. B. _ _ 226
Hey the bony, hey the bony __ _ _______ 222
Hid from himfelf now by the dawn _ _ Ramfay _____ 260
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1 hae laid a herring in faut __ __ __ __ __ 253
I loe nae a laddie Tbut ane _ _ _ _. _ 276
I winna marry ony man but Sandy o'er the lea _____ 283
I gaed a waefu'gate yeftreen _ _ Burns, the Mufic by RobertV
Riddel Efq? of Glenriddel _ j " 3°4
Tn winter when the rain rain'd cauld __ _ _-_ ___ 258
In may when the dailies appear on the green _ _ _ -. _ 286
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In the garb of old Gaul with the fire of old Rome _ SirHarry Erfkine
" the Mufic by Colonel Reid _ _ 218
It fell about the Martinmafs time ________ 3lO
It was in and about the Martinmafs time _ _ _-_■_. - 23 O
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Jamie come try me ________ _ _ _ _ _ 238
John Anderfon my jo, John _, This tune was a piece of facred _"\
Mufic in the Roman Catholic times of our Country. __John _ (.-269
Anderfon is faid by tradition to have been town Piper in Kelfo I
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Lang hae we parted been _ . _ _ _ _ _ • _ - _ - 227
Let ithers brag weel o' their gear _ _ _ _ _■'_'__ 276
My Sandy gied to me a ring _______ _ _ _ 213
My Harry was a gallant gay _________ 218
My wife's a wanton wee thing ___ _ _ __ - _ 226
My love fhe's but a lafsie yet _____ _ __ _ 234
My heart's in the Highlands my heart is not here _ _ _ 268
My love was born in Aberdeen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 281
My heart is a breaking, dear Titty _ _ Burns _ - _ _ _ 306
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O wilt thou go wi' me, fweet Tibbie Dunbar _ _ _ _ • _ _ 216
O this is no my ain houfe _________ 225
. O mount and go__ _ ___ _._ _ _ _ 242
O- dear Peggy love's beguiling _ 1 Ramfay _ 1 _ _ _ _ 245
O dear minnie what fhall Ido_ _ _ ___ _ __ 245
O were I on Parnafsus hill ___ _______ 264
O merry hae I been teethin a heckle _ _ __ _ _ _- 279
O wha my babie clouts will buy _ _______ 286
O cam ye here the fight to fhun __ „ -••"'-.-, - -- 290
O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut _ Burns _ the Mufic by MF A. _i
Mafterton ■ ~ 301
O were I able to rehearfe _ _ _ The 'Rev.* MF Skinner _ J _ 302
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw _ The Mufic by Marfhal _ _ 244
On a bank of flowers in a fummer day _ Burns _ _ _ _ _ 232
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Peggy now the king's come .. _ Ramfay _ _ _ _ „ _ 248
Se do mholla mholla mholla __ ____..'__ 274
Simmer's a pleafant time _ _ _______ 222
Sir John Cope trode the north right far _ _ •_ - _ _ _ 242
Stately ftept he eaft thewa'___ __ _ ^_ _ _ 289
Sun gallop down the weftlin fkies _ Ramfay _ _ _ _ _ 263
Sweet nurfling of the tears of morning _ The late MF8 Scott^
of Wauchop _ \ ~ 25A
The fmiling plains profufely gay _ _ _ _ 2*13
The morn was fair faft was the air _ _ _ _ 220
The Taylor fell thro' the bed thimble an a' _ m ■ _ _ _ _ ..221
There came a young man to my daddie's door .. '_ _ _ _ 228
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The day returns, my bofom burns _ The Mufic bv Rob. Riddel)
of Glenridde'l E'fqf _ _ j ~ 233
The meal was dear fhort fyne ______ _ _ _ _ 238
The lazy roift hangs from the brow of the hill _ _ _ _ 241
The fpringtime returns and clothes the green plains _ _ 246
There's a youth in this city it were a pity _ Mufic by N". Gow _ _ 266
There was a jolly beggar _ Said to be one of our Scotifh King _". __
James's, composed on a frolic of his ownj
They fay that Jockey'll fpeed weel o't _ Mi AlexT Rofs Author )
of the Fortunate Shepherd., fsj ~ 2'8
The Catrine woods were yellow feen Tht Mufic by MT A. Mafterton 285
The gloomy night is gath'ring faft _ _ Burns _ _ 293
There liv'd a wife in our gate end ___ _ _ _ _ 306
The Campbells are coroin Said to be compoftd on the iirprifon^
-mont of Mary Queen of Scots _ _ -309
in Lochleven Caftle _ _ _ . )
The pawkie auld carl came over the lea James 5V1 King of Scots _ 234
Tho' women's minds like winter winds _ _ _ _ 300
The ling'ring ftar, with lefs'ning rav. - Burns, - the Mufic byi 0QQ
Mifs Jonnfton of Hilton _} " Z88
Tune vour fiddles tune them f-Aeet'y- Skinner, _ the Mufic _a
by Marfhal } - 208
'Twas at the hour of dark midnight _ The late Sir G. Elliot 1 _ 2l4
'Twas paft ane o' clock in a cold frofty morning ._ ' _ _ 236
Twa bonie lads were Sandy and Jockey _ _ 292
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Ultin,Carril and Ryno _ - Ofsian, the Mufic by Ofivald _ _ 265
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Waes roe that e'er I made your bed _ _ _ 246
Were I afsur'd you_ conftant prove _ Ramfay _____ 257
Whare hae ye been fae braw, lad, __-_-__- 302
When I upon thy bofom lean _ _ MF J. Lapraik _ _ _ _ 214
When 1 have a fixpence under my thumb _ - _ _ __ 284
When firft I came to be a man _ Skinner ______ 294
When Frennet caftle's ivy'd wall - _- - - - - 296
Where are ye gaun my bonie lafs _____ _ _ 298
When weft-winds did blow with a foft,gentle bree/e -Lapraik _ _ 217
When roly morn comes in wi' flowers _ _ 229
When the fheep are in the fauld and the ky at hame_LadyAnnLindfay_256
When merry hearts were gay __ - - - _-_ _261
Ye gallants bright I red you right ________ 224
Young Philander woo'd me lang _ ______ _- 230
Young Jockie was the blytheft lad -- - - - - _ _297
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.Lay afide your fower grimaces,
Clouded brows and drumly faces,
Look about and fee their Graces,
How they finile delighted!
Now's the feafbn to be merry,
Hang the thoughts of Charon's ferry,
Time enough to turn camftary
When we're old and doited.
Now s the feafon &c .
Butler put about the claret
Thro' us all divide and fhare it,
Gordon-Caftle well can fpare it
It has claret plenty.
Wine's the true lnfpiring liquor
Draffy drink may pleafe the Vicar,
When he grafps the foaming bicker
- Vicars are not dainty.
Wine's the true &c.
We'll extol our noble mafter
Sprung from many a brave anceftor
Lord preferve bim from difafter,
So we pray in duty.
Profper too our pretty Dutchefs
Safe from all diftrefsful touches,
Keep her out of Pluto's clutches,
Long in health and beauty.
Profper too our &c.
Angels guard their gallant boy,
Make him long his fathers joy,
Sturdy like the Heir of Troy,
Stout and brifk and healthy:,
Pallas grant him every blelsing
Wit and fize and ftrength encreafing,
Plutus, what's in thy pofsefsing,
Make him rich and- wealthy.
Pallas grant &c.
Youth folace him with thy pleafiire
In refin'd and worthy mealure,
Merit gain him choiceft treafure '
From the Royal Donor.
Famous may he be in ftory,
Full of days and full of glory,
To the grave when old ana hoary
May he go with honour.
Famous may &c.
Gordons join out hearty praifes
Honeft tho' in homely phrafes
Love our chearful fpirits raifes
Lofty as the lark is;
Echoes waft our wifhes daily
Thro' the grove and thro' the alley,
Sound o'er every hill and valley
Blefsings on our Marquis.
Echoes waft &c.
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Such feen as oft in battle warm -
She glow'd through many a martial age;
Or mild to breathe the civil charm
In pious plans and counfel fage;
For, o'er the mingling glories of her face
A manly greatnefs heighten'd female grace.
Loud as the trumpet rolls its found,
Her voice the Pow'r celeftial rais'd;
While her victorious fons around
In filfnt joy and wonder gaz'd:
The facrcd mufes heard th' immortal lay,
And th'.*i to earth the notes of fame convey.
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'Tis done.' my fons: 'tis nobly done!
Victorious over tyrant pow'r;
How quick the race of fame was run!
The work of ages in one hour:
Slow creeps th' opprefsive weight" of flavifh reigns, •
One glorious moment rofe, and burft your chains.
But late, forlorn, dejected, pale,
A prey to each inflating foe;
I fought the grove and gloomy vale,
To vent in fplitude my woe:
Now to my hand the balance fair reftor'd;
Once more I wield on high th' imperial fword.
What arm has this deliverance wrought?
Tis he! the gallant youth appears;
0 warm in fields, and cool in thought.
Beyond the flow advance of years!
Hafte, let me, refcu'd now from future harms,
Strain clofe the filial virtue in my arms.
Early I nurs'd this royal youth,
Ah! ill detain'd on foreign Chores;
1 fill'd his mind with love of truth,
With fortitude and wifdom's ftores:
For when a noble action is decreed,
Heav'n forms the Hero for the deftind deed.
Nor could the foft fedticing charms
Of mild Hefperia's blooming foil,
Ee'r quench his noble thirft of arms,
Of generous deeds and honeft toil:
Fird with the warmth a country's love imparts,
He fled their weaknefs, but admir'd their arts .
With him I plough'd the ftormy main;
My breath infpir'd the aufpicious gale;
Referv'd for Gladfrnuir's glorious plain,
Through dangers wing'd his daring fail:
Where, firm'd with inborn worth he durft oppofe .
His fingle valour to an hoft of foes.
He came! he fpoke! and all around,
As fwift as heav'n's quick darted flame,
Shepherds turn'd warriors at the found,
And every bofom beat for fame:
They caught heroic ardour from his eyes,
And at his fide the willing heroes rife.
Roufe England! roufe, fame's nob left fon,
In all thy ancient fplendor fhine;
If I the glorious work begun,
O let the crowning palm be thine:
I bring a Prince, for fuch is heav'n's decree,
Who overcomes but to forgive and free.
So fhall fierce wars and tumults ceafe,
While plenty crowns the fmiling plain;
And induftry, fair child of peace,
Shall in each crowded city reign:
So fhall thefe happy realms for ever prove
The fweets of Union, Libert).-, and Love.
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'Tis a' goud but the hem;
Bid her cum to the good green wood,
And bring nane but her lain:
And there it is, a (liken fark;
Her ain hand few d the fleeve;
And bid her cum to Gill Morice;
Speer nae bauld baron's leave.
I will gae your black errand,
Tho' it be to thy coft;
Sen ye by me will nae be warnd,
In it ye fall find froft. .
The baron he's a man of might,
He ne'er could 'bide, a taunt,
As ye will fee before it's night,
How fma'ye'll hae to vaunt.
Now, fen I maun your errand rin,
Sae fair againft my will,
I'fe make a vow, and keep it true,
It fal be done for ill.
And when he came to broken brigg,
He bent his bow and fwam;
And when he came to grafs growing,
Set down his feet and ran. &c.&c.&c.
Where will I get a bonny boy,
That will win hofe and fhoon,
That will gae to Lord Barnard's ha'.
And bid his lady cum.
Ye maun rin this errant, Willie,
And ye may rin wi' pride;
When other boys gae on their feet,
On horfeback ye fall ride.
Oh. no! hh no! my^ mafter dear!
T dare na for my life;
I'll nae gae to the bauld barons
For to tryft furth his wife .
M^' bird Willie, my boy Willie,
My dear Willie, he faid,
How can ye ftrive againft the ftream,
For 1 fall be obey'd.
But, oh my mafter Gear, he cryd,
In green wood ye're your lain;
Gi'o'er fie thoughts, I wou'd ye red,
For feir ye fhou'd be ta'en.
Hafte, hafte, I fay, gae to the ha',
B.id her come here wi'fpeed;
If ye refufe my high command,
I'll gar thy body bleed.
I love my Love in fecret . '
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The birds on ev'ry fpray above,
To rapture wake the vocal grove .
But ah Miranda without thee,
Nor fpring nor fummer fmiles on me,
All lonely in the fecret fhade,
I mourn thy abfence, charming maid.
O foft as lovel as honour fair,
Serenely fweet as vernal air,
Come to my arms for you alone,
Can all my abfence paft atone.
O cornel and to my bleeding heart,
The fov'reign balm of love impart;
Thy prefence lafting joy fhall bring.
And give the year eternal fpring.
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Our moments pafs fae fmooth away
That numbers on us look and gaze,
Weel pleas'd they fee our nappy days,
Nor envy '8 fel finds aught to blame;
And ay when weary cares arife,
Thy bofom ftill fhall be my name.
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I'll lay me there, and take my reft,
And if that aught difturb my dear,
I'll bid her laugh her cares away,
And beg her not to drap a tear:
Hae I a joy. its a' her am;
United ftill her heart and mine;
They're like the woodbine round the tree,
That's twin'd till death fhall them difjbin. j
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O difmal night J fhe faid, and wept,
0 night prefaging forrow,
O difmal night i fhe faid, and wept,
But more I dread to-morrow.
For now the bloody hour draws nigh,
Each hoft to Prefton bending;
At morn fhall fons their fathers flay,
With deadly hate contending.
Even in the vifions of the night,
1 faw fell death wide fweeping;
And all the matrons of the land,
And all the virgins, weeping.
And now fhe heard the mafsy gates
Harfh on their hinges turning;
\nd now through all the caftle heard
The woeful voice of mourning.
Aghaft, fhe ftarted from her bed,
The fatal tidings dreading;
O fpeak, fhe cry'd, my father's flain!
I fee, I fee him bleedingl
A pale corps on the fullen fhore,
At morn, fair maid, I left him;
Even at the threfh-hold of his gate,
The foe of life bereft him .
Bold, in the battle's front, he fell,
With many a wound deformed:
A braver Knight, nor better man,
This fair Hie ne'er adorned .(maid
While thus he fpoke, the grief-ftruck
A deadly fwoon invaded;
Loft was the luftre of her eycsy
And all her beauty faded.
Sad was the" fight, and fad the news,
And fad was cur complaining;
But ohl for thee, my native land,
What woes are ftill remaining;
But why compkin. the hero's foul
Is high in heaven fhining:
May providence defend our ifle
From all our foes defignirg.
Tibbie Dunbar.
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Deprive me of life, or infpire her with lovel
Make Jenny's fair bofom to feel for my pain,
That I may fweet peace and contentment regain.
Then in a retreat with my dear I would dwell;
Contentment fhould guard xia in fome humble cell;
Remote, we'll live happy, tho' fimple our fare;
Our health all our wealth, and to love all our care.
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My Highlan Harry back again.
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No luxurious tables enervate our race;
Our loud founding pipe bears the true martial ftrain,
So do we the oldScottifh valour retain.
Such our love &c.
We're tall as the oak on the mount of _the vale,
Are fwift as the roe which the hound doth affail,
As the full moon in autumn our fhields do appear,
Minerva would dread to encounter our fpear.
Such our love &c.
As a ftorm in the ocean when Boreas blows,
So are we enrag'd when we rufh on our foes;
We fons of the mountains, tremendous as rocks,
Dafh the force of our foes with our thundering ftrokes.
Such our love &c.
Quebec and Cape Breton, the pride of old France,
In their troops fondly boafted till we did advance;
But when our claymores they faw us produce,
Their courage did fail and they fued tor a truce .
Such our love &c .
In our realm may the fury of faction long ceafe,
May our councils be wife, and our commerce increafe;
And in Scotia's cold climate may each of us find,
That our friends ftill prove true and our beauties prove kitid.
Cho? Then we'll defend our liberty, our country and our laws,
And teach our late pofterity to fight in Freedoms caufe,
That they like our Anceftors bold, for honour and applaufe,
May defy the French, with all their art, to alter our laws . '.
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Her fmiling een, and comely mein,
That nae perfection wanted;
I'll never fret, nor ban my fate,
But blefs my bonny marrow-:
If her dear (mile my doubts beguile,
My mind {hall ken nae fbrrow.
Yet tho' fhe's fair, and has full fhare
Of ev*ry charm inchanting,
Each good turns ill, and foon will kill
Poor me, if love be wanting.
O bonny lafsi have but. the grace
To think ere ye gae further,
Your joys maun flit, if you commit
The crying fin of murder.
My wand 'ring ghaift will ne'er get reft,
And day and night affright ye;
But if ye re kind, wi' joyful mind
I'll ftudy to delight ye;
Our years around with love thus crownd,
From all things joy fhall borrow:
Thus none fhall be more bleft than we,
On Leader-haughs and Yarrow.
O fweeteft Sue.' tis only you
Can make life worth my wifhes, ,
If equal love your mind can move
To grant this beft of bliffes .
Thou art my fun, and thy leaft frown
Would blaft me in the bloffom;
But if thou fhine, and make me thine,
I'll flourifh in thy bofom.
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The fleepy bit lafsie fhe dreaded nae ill;
The weather was cauld and the lafsie lay ftill,
She thought that a Taylor could do her nae ill.
Gie me the groat again, cany young man,
Gie me the groat again, cany young man;
The day it is fhort and the night it is lang,
The deareft filler that ever I wan.
There's fomebody weary wi' lying her lane,
There's fomebody weary wi' lying her lane,
There's fome that are dowie, I trow wad be fain
To fee the bit Taylor come fkippin again.
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Ay watrkin, O
When I fleep I dream,
When I wauk I'm irie;
Sleep I can get nane
For thinking on my Dearie
Ay waukin &c.
Lanely night comes on,
A' the lave are fleepin:
I think on my bony lad
And I bleer my een wi'greetin,
Ay waukin &c.
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As ever handled grape and gaud,
[ wat their manhood well they fhaw'd,
At ruffling of the breaft-knot .
Hey the bonny &c
At nine o' clock they did conveen,
Some clad in blue, fome clad in green,
Wi' glancing buckles in their fheen,
AncTflowers upon their waift-coat.
Hey the bonny &c.
The" bride by this time was right fain,
When that fhe faw fae light a train,
She pray'd the day might keep frae rain,
For Ipoiling of their breaft knots.
Hey the bonny &c .
Forth came the wives a' wi' a phrafe,
And wifh'd the laffie happy days,
And muckle thought they of her claiths,
And fpecially thelbreaft-knots.
Hey the bonny &c.
Forth fpake the mither, fan £he faw,
The bride and maidens a' fae bra',
Wi' cackling clouts, black be their fa',
They have made a bonny call o't.
Hey the bonny &c..
Next down their breakfaft it was fet,
Some barley lippies of milk meat,
It leiped them it was fae het,
As foon as they did tafte o't .
Hey the bonny &c
Till fome frae them the fpobns they threw.
And fwore that they had burnt their mou
And fome into their cutty blew,
I wat their will they mift not.
Hey the bonny &c.
When ilka ane had claw'd their plate,
The piper lad he looked blate
Altho' they faid that he fhould eat ,
I trow he loft the beft o't.
Hey the bonny &c.
Syne forth they got a'wi'a loup,
O er creels and deals and a' did coup,
The piper faid , wi' them d — 1 fcoup ,
He'd make a hungry feaft o't.
' Hey the bonny &c.
Syne off they got a' wi' a fling,
Each lafs unto her lad did cling,
Anda'cryH for a different fpring,
The bride fhe fought the breaft-knot.
Hey the bonny &c.
Fan they ty'd up their marriage band,
At the bridegrooms they neift did land,
Forth came auld Madge wi'her fplit ma
And bread and cheefe a hift o't. (wn
Hey the bonny &c .
She took a quarter and a third ,
On the bride's head £he gae a gird,
Till far Is flew athort the yird,
And parted round the reft o't.
Hey the bonny &c.
The bride then by the hand they took
Twice, thrice they led her round y* crook,
Some faid goodwife well mat ye brook ,
And fome great count they caft not.
Hey the bonny &c .
All ran to kilns and barns in ranks ,
Some fat on deals, & fome on planks,
The piper lad ftood on his fhanks,
And dirled up the breaft knot.
Hey the bonny &c.
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The captive bands may chain the hands,
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The ftri&eft duty this allows,
When love with honour meets me.
When Hymen mould9 me into ane,
My Robie's nearer than my kin,
And to refufe him were a fin,
Sae lang's he kind ly treats me .
When I am in mine ain houfe, .<
True love fUall be at hand ay,
To make me ftill a prudent fpoufe,
And let my man command ay;
Avoiding ilka caufe of ftrife,"
The common peft : of married life.
That makes ane wearied of his wife ,
And breaks the kindly band ay.
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And a braw gude bairn was fhe.
Xaddie lie near -me.
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Yet fummer was endlefs, when we were together;
Now fince thy, abfence I feel moft feverely
Joy is extinguifh'd and being is dreary.
'Dreary, dreary painful and dreary-
All the long winter night Laddie be near me.
Sieze the fweet moments while yet they invite thee,
Pleafiires here flighted, hereafter may flight thee,
Diftance and time may- no longer endear thee,
Come, my dear youth while thy prefence can chear me.
Chear me, chear me heaven knows it would chear me
All the long winter night Laddie be near me.
What is my fault my- fouls darling acquaint me,
Let jealous fury no longer torment thee,
Judge for thy- felf^iow, I love and revere thee,
Heaven and thy heart from fufpicion will clear me.
Clear me, clear me juftice muft clear me-
All the long winter night Laddie lie near me .
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IANG hae we parted been,
J Lafsie my dearie;
Now we are met again,
La&ie lie near me.
Cho. Near me, near me,
Lafsie lie near me ,
Lang haft thou lien thy lane,
Lafsie lie near me.
A' that I hae endur'd,
Lafsie, my dearie,
Here in thy arms is cur'd,
Lafsie lie near me.
Cho® Near me, &c.
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The brifk joong Lad .
But I was bakin when he came, There lay a duck-dub* before the door,
When he came, when he came; ' Before the door, before the door,
I took him in and gae him a fcone, There lay a duck-dub before the door,
To thow his frozen mou'. And there fell he I trow'.
And wow but, &c. And wow but, &c.
I fet him in afide the bink, Out came the goodman,and high he fhouted,
I gae him bread, and ale to drink, Out came the goodwife,and low fhe louted,
And n«'er a blyth ftyme wad he blink, And a' the town-neighbours were gather 'd -
Until his wane was fou. And there lay he I trow. £about it,
And wow but, &c. And wow but, &c.
Gae, get ye gone, ye cauldrife wooer, Then out came I, and fneer'd and fmild,
, Ye four-looking, cauldrife wooer, Ye came to woo, but ye're a' beguil'd,
I itraightway fhow'd him to the door, Ye'ave fa'en i* the dirt, and ye're a' befyl d
Saving, come nae mair to woo . We'll hae nae mair of you.
And wow but,&c. And wow but, &c.
The Gardener wi' his Paidle.
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Then thro' the dews he maun repair,
The Gardener wi' his paidle.
When day, expiring in the weft,
The curtain dfaws of Nature's reft;
He flies to her arms he lo'es the beft,
The Gardener wi' his paidle.
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To the place where fhe was dwelling;
O hafte and come to Amy mafter dear,
Gin ye be Barbara Allan.
O hooly, hooly rofe fhe up,
To the, place where he was lying,
And when fhe drew the curtin by,
Young man, I think youre dying.
O its I'm fick.and very very fick,
And 'tis a' for Barbara Allan.
O f le better for me ye's never be,
1 ho' your hearts blood were a fpilling.
O dinna ye mind, young man, faid fhe.
When ye the cup* was fillin
That ye made the healths gae round and
And flighted Barbara Allan, (round,
He turn'd his face unto the wa',
And death was with him dealing,
Adieu, adieu, my dear friends a',
And be kind to Barbara Allan.
And flowly, flowly raife fhe up,
And flowly, flowly left him ;
And fighing, faid, fhe cor.'d not fray,
Since death of life had reft him .
She had nae gane a mile hut twa,
When fhe heard the deid-bell knelling,
And ev'ry jow that the dr id-bell geid,
It cry'd, woe to Barbara Allan!
O mother, mother, mak my bed,
O make it faft and narrow;
Since my love died for me to-day,
I'll die for him to-morrow.
wou'd na tent his loving fang, But now I wifh I wifh I had him
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A hi we may fee ourfelves to be
Like fummer fruit that is unfhaken;
When ripe, they foon fell down and die,
And by corruption quickly taken,
life then your time, ye virgins fair,
Employ your day before 'tis evil;
Fifteen is a fcafon rare,
But five an twenty is the devil.
Juft when ripe, confent unto 't,
Hug nae mair your lanely pillow;
Women are like other fruit,
They lofe their relifh when too mellow,
If opportunity be loft,
You'll find it hard to be regained;
Which now I may tell to my coft,
Tho' but my fel nane can be blamed.
If then your fortune you refpecft,
Take the occafion when it offers;
Nor a true lovers fuit neglect,
Left you be feoff <J for being fcofllrs.
I, by his fond expreffions, thought fn.g;
That in his love he'd ne'er prove chang
But now, alasi 'tis turn'd to nought,
And,paft my hope, he's gar.e a Kinging.
Dear maidens, then, take my advice.
And let na coynefi prove your ruin;
For if ye be o'er foolifh nice,
Your fuiterS will give over wooing.
Then maidens auld you nam'd will be,
And in that fretful rank be number'd,
As lang as life; and when ye die.
With leading apes be ever ciimber'd.
A punifhment, and hated band ,
With which we cannot be contented,
Then be not wife behind tho hand,
That the miftakc may be prevented.
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Her lips, ftdll as fhe fragrant breath'd
It richer dy'd the rofe.
The fpringing lilies fweetly preft,
Wild, wan ton kifs'd her rival breaft;
He gaz'd, he wifh'd,he fear'd, he blufh'd,
His bofom ill at reft.
Her robes light waving in the breeze,
Her tender limbs embrace;
Her lovely form, her native eafe,
\ll harmony and gvace:
Tumultuous tides his .pulfes roll,
A faltering, ardent kifs he ftole;
He gaz'd, he wifh'd,he fear'd, he blufh'd
And figh'd his very foul.
As flies the partridge from the brake
On fear-in fpired wings,
So Nelly ftarting, half-awake,
Away affrighted fprings;
But Willy follow'd, _as he fhould,
He overtook her in the wood;
He vow'd, he prayd,he found the maid
Forgiving all and good.
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While joys above, my mind can move,
For thee and thee alone I live!
When that grim foe of life below
Comes in between to make us part;
The iron hand that breaks our band,
It break* my blifs it breaks my heart!
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Come draw a drap o' the beft o't yet: We're a' dry wi' drinking o't;
Gae feek for pleafure whare ye will, The minifter kifst the fidler's wife,
But here I never mifst it yet. He could na preach for thinkin o't .
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As firft when Ifawthis country,
How blyth and merry wad T be I
And I wad never think lang.
He grew canty, and fhe grew fain;
But little did her auld minny ken
What thir flee twa together were fay'ng,
When wooing they were fae thrang.
And Ol quo' he, ann ye were as black
As e'er the crown of my dady's hat,
'Tis I wad lay thee by my back,
And awa wi' me thou fhou'd gang.
And Oi quo' fhe, ann I were as white,
As e'er the fnaw lay on the dike,
I'd dead me braw and lady-like,
And awa' wi' thee I would gang.
Between the twa was made a plot;
They raife a wee before the cock,
And wilily they fhot the lock,
And faft to the bent are they gane.
tTp in the morn the auld wife raife,
And at her leifure pat on her claife;
Syne to the fervants bed fhe gaes,
To fpeer for the filly poor man.
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She gaed to the bed where the beggar
The ftrae was cauld,he was away,
She clapt her hands, cry'd, Walladay!
For fome of our gear will be gane.
Some ran to coffers, and fbme to kifts,
But nought was ftown that cou'd be mift,
She dancd her lane, crycl praife be bt'efti
I have lodg'd a leal poor man.
Since naethings awa, as we can learn,
The kirn's to kirn, and milk to earn,
Gae butt the houfe, lafs, and wauken my
And bid her coire quickly ben. (bairn.
The fervant gace where the daughter lay,
The fheets was cauld,fhe was away,
And faft to her goodwife did fay,
She's aff wi'the gaberlun/ie-man.
O fy gar ride, and fy gar rin,
And hafte ye find thefe traytors again;
For fhe's be burnt, and he's be flain,
The wearifu'gaberiun/ie-man.
Some rade upo'horfe, fome ran a foot,
The wife was wood ar.d out o" her wit;
She cou'd na gang, nor yet coud fhe fit,
But ay fhe curs'd and. ay fhe bannd.
Mean, jtime far hind out o'er the lee
Fu' fnug in a glen, where nane coald fee,
The twa with kindly fport and glee,
Cut fi-ae a new cheele a whang:
The priving was good, it pleas d them baith.
To lo'e her for ay, he gae her his aith.
Quo' fhe, To leavetheeTwiU.be 'aith,
My winfbme gaberlun/.ie-man.
O kend my minny T were wi' you ,
Ill-fardly wad fhe crook her mou',
Sick a poor man fhe'd never trow,
After the gaberlunzie-man.
My dear, quo' he, ye're yet o'er young,
And ha' nae learn'd the beggars tongue,
To follow me frae town to town,
And carry the gaberhmzie on.
WI' cauk and keel I'll win your bread,
And fpindles & whorles for them wha need,
Whilk is a gentle trade indeed,
To carry the gaberlunzie on.
I'll bow my leg, and crook my knee,
And draw a black clout o'er my ej^e,
A cripple or blind they will ca' me.
While we fhal! be merry and fing.
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And rapp'd at her window, low down on my knee;
Begging that fhe would awauk from fweet flumber,
Awauk from fweet flumber and pity me .
For, that a ftranger. to a' pleafure, peace and reft,
Love into madnefs had fired my torturd breaft,
And that I fhould be of a' men the maift unbleft,
Unlefs fhe would pity my fad miferie!
My true-love arofe atid whifpered to irej
(The moon looked in, and envy 'd my love's charms;^
"An innocent ^maiden, ah, would you undo me."
I made no reply, but leapt into her arms :
Bright Phebus peep'd over the hills and found me there;
As he has done, now, feven lang years and mair:
A faithfuller, conftanter, kinder, more loving Pair,
His fweet-chearing beam nor enlightens nor warms .
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'Tis tender grief that breaks his reft.
He droops his wings, he hangs his head,
Since fhe he fondly lov'd was dead.
With Delia's breath my joy expir'd,
Twas Delia's fmiles my fancy fir'd;
Like that poor Bird, I pine, and prove
fought can fupply the place of love.
Dark as his feathers was the fate
That robb'd him of his darling Mate ,
Dimm'd ia the luftre of his eye,
That wont to gaze the fun-bright fky.
To him is now for ever loft
The heartfelt blifs he once could boaft,
Thy forrows, haplefs bird, difplay
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• My doughter ye fhall hae,
I'llgi' ycu her by the hand:
But I'll part wi' my wife by my fay,
Or I part wi' my land .
Your tocher it fall be good,
There's nane fall hae its maik,
The lafs bound in her fAood,
And Crummie wha kens her ftake:
With an auld bedden o' claiths,
Was left mg by my mither,
They re jet black o'er wi' flaes,
Ye may cuddle in them the gither.
Ye fpeak right well, guidman,
But ye maun mend your hand,
And think o' modefty,
Gin ye'll not quat your land:
We are but young, ye ken,
And now we're gawn the gither;
A houfe is but and ben,
And Crummie will want her fother.
The bairns are coming en,
And they'll cry, O their mither;
We have nouther pat nor pan,
Cut four bare legs the gither.
Your tochers be good enough
For that you need nae fear,
Twa good f tilts to the pleugh,
And ye your fell maun fteer:
Ye fhall hae twa good pocks
That anes were o' the tweel,
The t' ane to had the grots,
The ither to had the meal;
With an auld kift made>of wands,
And that fall be your coffer,
Wi' aiken woody bands, '■-
And that may had your tocher.
Confider well, guidman,
We hae but borrowed gear,
The horfe that I ride on
Is Sandy Wilfons mare:
The faddle's nane of my ain,
And thae's but borrow'd boots,
And when^that I gae hame',
I maun tak to my koots :
The cloak is Geord Watt's,
That gars me look fae croufe;
Come fill us a cogue of fwats,
We'll make nae mair toom rufe.
I like you weel, young lad,
For telling me fae plain,
I married when little I had
0' gear that was my ain:
But fin that things are fae,
The bride fhe maun come furth,
Tho' a' the gear fhe' 11 hae,
It'll be but little worth.
A bargain it maun be,
"Fy cry on Giles the mither :
Content am I, quo' fhe,
EJengar the hiffie come hither.
The bride fhe gade till her bed,
The bridegroom he came till her;
The fidler crap in at the fit,
And they cuddl'd it a' the gither.
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The battle c4ofes deep and bloody:
It's not the roar o' fea or fhore,
Wad. make me' langer wifh to. tarry;
Nor fhouts o' war that's heard afar,
Its leaving thee, my bony Mary.
The lazy tnift .
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How little of life's fcanty fpan may remain:
What afpccts, old Time, in his progrefs, has worn;
What ties, cruel Fate, in roy bofom has torn.
How foolifh, or worfe, till our fummit is gain'di
And downward, *how weaken'd how darkened, how pain'di
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If it be not by the chance of war
I'll give you a merry morning.
Hey John ie Cope fee .
On the morrow when he did rife,
He look'd between him and the fkies;
He faw them wi' their naked thighs,
Which feard him in the morning
Hry Johnie Cope fee .
When Charlie look'd the letter upon O then he flew into Dunbar,
He drew his fword the fcabbard from- Crying for a man of war; (tar,
"So Heaven reftore to me my own, He thought to have pafs'd for a ruftic
"I'll meet you, Cope, in the morning." And gotten awa in the morning. ^
Hey Johnie Cope fee. Hey Johnie Cope fee.
Cope fw6re with many a bloody word Sir Johnie into Berwick rade,
That he would fight them gun and fword, Juft as the devil had been his guide;
But he fled frae his nelt like an ill fcar'd Gien him the warld he would na ftay'd
And Johnie he took winginymorning(bird,To foughten the boys in the morning.
Hey Johnie Cope fee . Hey Johnie Cope fee .
It was upon an afternoon,
Sir Johnie march'd to Prefton town
He fays, my lads come lean you down,
And we'll fight the boys in the morning
Hey Johnie Cope fee .
But when he faw the Highland lads
Wi' tartan trews and white cockauds,
Wi'fwords fe guns fe rungs fe gauds-,
O Johnie he took wing in the morning.
Hey Johnie Ccpe fee.
Says the Berwickers unto Sir John,
0 what's become of all your men.
In faith fays he, I dinna ken,
I^left them a' this morning.'
Hey Johnie Cope fee .
Says Lord. Mark Car ye are na blate,
To bring us the new's o'your ain defeat
1 think you deferve the back o' the gate;
Get put o' my fight this morning.
Hey Johnie Cope fee .
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O dear minny, what fhall I do?
O dear minny, what fhall I do?
O dear minny, what fhall I do?
Daft thing, doylt thing, do as I do.
If I be black, I canna be loed;
If I be fair, I canna be gude;
If I be lordly, the lads will look by me:
O dear minny, what fhall I do?
Cho* O dear minnv &e.
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How filent,how dull to me is each grove;
Alone I here wander where once we both rang'd,
Alas, where to pleafe me my Sandy once ftrove!
Here Sandy I heard the tales that you told;
Here liftened too fond, whenever you fing;
Am 1 grown lefs fair, then, that you are turn'd cold,
Or foolifh, believ'd a falfe, flattering tongue.
So fpoke the fair maid; when forrow s keen pain,
And fhame, her laft falt'ring accents fuppreft;
For fare at that moment brought back her dear fwain,
Who heard, and, with rapture, his Nelly addreft.
My Nell) "j my fair, I come,0 my love,
No pow'r (hall thee tear again from my arms,
And, Nelly! no more thy fond fhepherd reprove,
Who knows thy fair worth, and adores all thy charms.
She heard; and new joy fhot thro' her foft frame;
And will you, my lovei be true, fhe reply'd!
And live I to meet my fond fhepherd the fame!
Or dream I that Sandy will make me his bridei
O Nelly! T live to find thee ftill kind;
Still true to thy fwain, and lovely as true:
Then adieu! to ,-'' forrow; what foul is fo blind,
As not to live happy" for ever with you.
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^-^Carl an the king come;
Thou fhalt dance and I will fing,
Carl an the king come.
I trow we fwapped for the warfe,
We gae the boot • and better horfe;
And that we'll tell them at the crofs,
Carl an the king come.
Cho? Carl an &c.
An fomebodie were come again, Coggie an the king come,
Then fomebodie maun crofs the main, Coggie an the king come,
And every man fhall hae his ain, I'fe be fou and thou'fe be toom,
Carl an the king come. Coggie an the king come.
Cho! Carl an &c. Cho? Coggie an 4c-
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Far dearer is to me, He, gratefu' took the gift;
And e'er I'm forc'd to break my faith.Cou'd I but think, to feek it back
I'll lay me down and die: It wou'd be war than theft.
For I hae pledged my virgin troth For langeft life, can ne'er repay
Brave Donalds fate to fhare, The fove he bears to' me,/
And he has gi'en to me his heart And e'er I'm forced to break my troth
I'll lay me down and die.
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On fome bank where wild waves laving,
Murmur through the twifted wiilow;
On that bank, O were I laid,
How foft fhould be my lover's pillow!
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Frae her quietly T ftaw, hoift fails and awa,
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Twa years brought me hame, where loud-fraifing fame
Tald me with a voice right fhrill.-O,
My lafs, like a fool, had mounted the ftool,
NTor kend wha had done her the ilL.O.
Mair fond of her charms, with my fon in her arms,
I ferrying fpeir'd how fhe fell..O,
Wi' the tear in her eye, quoth fhe, Let me die,
Sweet Sir, gin I can tell.-0.
But love gave command, I took her by the hand,
And bade a' her fears expel.. O,
And nae mair look wan, for I was the man
Wha had done her the deed myfel-.O.
My bonny fweet lafs, on the gowany grafs,
Beneath the Shilling- hill.. O,
If I did offence, I'fe make ye amends
Before I leave Peggy^a mill._0.
O the mill, mill..O, and the kill, kilL.O,
And the coggin of the wheel.. O;
The fack and the fieve, a' that ye maun lea%e.
And round with a fodger reel . .O.
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Sair wondring at my ftay.
I come, I come, my Jamie dear
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She faid.and foon a deadlie pale
Her faded cheek pofseft,
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And I canna come ilka day to woo;
I ha'e a butt and I hae a b«mn,
Lafs gin ye loe me tak me now;
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And I canna come ony mair to wop .
And I canna come ilka day to woo.
T ha'e a kebbock upon my fhelf,
Lafs gin ye lo'e me tak me now,
I downa eat it a' my felf,
And I winna come ony mair to woo .
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She muft yeild to fates decree,
Soon like her, thou fhalt be charming,
Soon fhe'li fade and pafs like thee.
As thou art the fair eft blofsom,
Thv bleft lot (hall envy move;
Go breath thy fweets on Emma's bofom,
Seat of innocence and love.
Love will teach thee when refigning.
On that breaft thy blufhing pride.
How thy modeft head declining,
May deck her beauties, yet not hide .
If fome hand too boldly daring
There difturbs thy bleft repofe,
Be not of thy vengeance fparing,
Sheath thy prickles in my foes .
Ceafcceafe my dear friend to explore.
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Than fimfhine more dear to my f'ght,
To my life more efsential than air,
To my foul fhe is perfect delight,
To my fenfe all that's pleafing and fair,
The fwains who her beauty behold
With tranfport applaud ev'ry charm,
And (wear that the breaft znuft be cold
Which a beam fb intenfe cannot warm.
Ah! fay will fhe (lightly forego,
A conqueft, tho' humble, yet lure;
Will fhe leave a poor fhepherd to woe, .
Who for her ev'ry blifs would procure.
Alasi too prefaging my fears,
Too jealous my foul of its blifs,
Methinks fhe already appears,
To forfee, and elude my addrefs.
Does my boldnefs offend my dear maid,
la my fondnefs loquacious, and free.
Are my vifits too frequently paid,
Or my converfe unworthy of thee.
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Yet when grief was too big for my _
And labour'd in fighs tn complain,
It's ftruggles I oft have fupprelt ,
And filence impos'd on my pain.
And oft while, by tendernefs caught
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I reproach'd the fond abfence of thoug-
And in blufhing confufion, withdrew.
My fpeech, tho' too little refin'd, •
Tho' fimple and aukward my mier.,
Yet ftill fhouldft thou deign to be kind,
What a wonderful change might be (en.
Ahl Strephon how vain thy defire,
Thy numbers and mufic how vain, ?-
While merit and fortune confpire,
The fmiles of the nymph to obtain
Yet ceafe to upbraid the foft choice.
Tho' it ne'er fhquld determine for thee.
If thy heart in her joy may rejoice,
LTn happy thou never canft be _
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But faving a crown he had naething be fide,
To make that crown a pound my Jamie gade to fea,
And the crown and the pound were baith for me.
He had nae been awa a week but only twa,
When my mother fhe fell fick and the cow was ftown awa,
My father brake his arm and my Jamie at the fea,
And auld Robin Gray came a courting me . »
My father coudna work and my mother coudna fpin,
I toil'd day and night but their bread I coudna win,
Auld Rob maintain'd them baith and wi' tears in his ee,
Said Jenny for their fakes O marry me .
My haart it faid nay I look'd for Jamie back,
But the wind it blew high and the fhip it was a wrack,
The fhip it was a wrack why didna Jenny die,
And why do I live to fay waes. me.
Auld Robin argued fair tho' my mother didna fpeak,
She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break,
So they gied. him my hand tho' my heart was in the fea,-
And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me.
I hadna been a wife a week hist only four,
When fitting fae mournfuly at the door,
I faw my Jamie's wreath for I coudna think it he,
Till he faid I'm come back for to marry thee.
0 fair did we greet and mickle did we fay,
We took but ae kifs and we tore ourfelves away,
1 wifh I were dead but I'm no like to die,
A r.d why do I live to fay waes me .
I ging like a ghaift and I carenae to fpin,
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But I'll do my beft a gudewife to be,
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Im happy now; ah! let my head
Upon thy breaft recline;
The pleafure ftrikes me near -hand dead;
Is Jenny then fae kind.
O let me briz thee to my heart,
And round my arms entwine:
Ddightfu* thought! we'll never part,
Conic, piefs- thy mouth to mine.
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How we love and how we gree;
I carena by how few may fee,
Whiftle o'er the lave o't.
Wha I wifh were maggots meat,
Difh'd up in her winding -fheet;
I could write - but Meg maun fee't,
Whiftle o'er the lave o't.
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Oft has fhe wet the bairns mou,
And I am laith that fhe fhould tyne;
Get up, goodman, it is fou time, ,
The fun fhines in the lift fae hie;
Sloth never made a gracious end,
Go tak your auld cloak about ye.
My cloak was anes a good grey cloak,
When it was fitting for my wear;
But now its fcantly worth a groat,
For I have worn't this thirty year;
Let s fpend the gear that we have won,
We little ken the day we'll die;
Then I'll be proud, fince I have fworn
To have a new cloak about me.
In days when our King Robert rang,
His trews they coft Dut half a crown;
He faid they were a groat o'er dear,
And ca'd the taylor thief and loun.
He was the king that wore a crown,
And thou the man of laigh degree,
Tis pride puts a' the country down,
Sae tak thy auld cloak about ye.
Every land has its ain laugh,
Ilk kind of corn it has its hool,
I think the warld is a' run wrang,
When ilka wife her man wad rule;
Do ye not fee Rob, Jock, and Hab,
As they are girded gallantly,
While I fit hurklen in the afe.
I'll have a new cloak about me.
Goodman, I wat tis thirty years
Since we did ane anither ken;
And we have had between us twa
Of lads and bonny laffes ten;
Now they are women grown and men,
I wifh and pray- well may they be;
And if you prove a good hufband,
E'en tak your auld cloak about ye.
Bell my wife, fhe loves na ftrife,
But fhe wad guide me, if fhe can;
And to maintain an eafy life,
[aft maun yield ,tho* Im gudeman:
Nought's to be won at woman's hand,
UrJefs ye gi'e her a' the plea;
Then I'll leave off where I began.
And tak my auld cloak about me .
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Envy, and vile hypccrify,
Where truth and love with joy agree,
Unfullied with a crime:
(Jnmov'd with what difturbs the great,
In proping of their pride and ftate:
He lives, and unafraid of fate,
Contented fpends his time.
Donald and Flora
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'Loud howls the northern blaft,
'Bleak is the dreary wafte;
'Hafte thee O Donald hafte
'Hafte to thy Flora.
'Twice twelve long months are o'er,
'Since in a .foreign fhore,
'You promise! to fight no more,
But meet me in Mora.
"Where now is Donald dear,
(Maids cry with taunting fneer
"Say is he ftill fincere
"To his lov'd Flora.—
'Parents upbraid my moan;
'Each heart is turn'd to ftone_
'Ah Flora, thou'rt now alone
'Friendlefs in Moral
'Come then, oh come away, '
'Donald no longer ftay_
'Where can my rover ftray
Trom his dear Flora. _
'Ah fure he ne'er could be
'Falfe to his vows and me_
'O HeavenI _ is not yonder he
'Bounding in Moral
'Never O wretched fair!
(Sigh'd the fad mefsenger,)
'Never fhall Donald mair
'Meet his lov'd Floral
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'Cold, cold beyond the main,
'Donald thy love lies flain; _
'He fent me to foothe thy pain
'Weeping in Mora.
'Well fought our gallant men
'Headed by brave Burgoyne,
'Our heros were thrice led on
'To Britifh glory. __
'But ahi tho' our foes did flee,
'Sad was the lofs to thee,
'While ev ry frefh victory
'Drown'd us in forrow.
"Here take .this trufty^blade,
(Donald expiring faid, J
"Give it to yon dear maid
"Weeping in Mora
"Tell her oh Allan tell,
"Donald thus bravely fell,.
"And that in his laft farewell
"He thought on his Flora?
Mute ftood the trembling fair;
Speechlefe with wild defpair,
Then ftriking her bofom bare
Sigh'd out poor Floral __
Oh Donald 1 oh welladayl
Was all the fond heart could fay —
Ajt length the found died away
Feebly in Mora.
the two lovers.
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But gin they hing o'er lang upon the tree,
Their fweetnefs they may tine; tnd fae may ye:
Red cheeked you eompletly ripe appear,
And I ha'e thol'd and woo'd a lar.g haff-year.
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Peggy finging, falls into Patie's arms.
Then dinna pu me, gently thus T fa'
Into my Patie's arms, for good and a':
But ftint your wifhss to this kind embrace.
And mint nae farer till we've got the grace.
Patie (-with, his left hand about her waift.)
O charming armfu' hence ye cares away,
I'll kifs my treafure. a' the live _ lang day;
A' night I'll dream my kifses o'er again.
Till that day come that ye' 11 be a' my ain.
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For a' the lee-lang fimmer's day, The thoughts o' thee my breaft inflame;
I coudna fing, I coudna fay, And ay I mufe and fing thy name,
How much, how dear, I love thee. I only live to love thee.
I fee thee dancing o'er the green, Tho I were doomd to wander on,
Thy waift fae jimp, thy limbs fae clean, Beyond the fea, beyond the fun,
Thy tempting lips, thy roguifh een - Till my laft, weary fand was run;
By Heaven and Earth I love thee. Till then .and tnen I love thee. '
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Thro' fields of death to 'gather fame, On thee, wert thou my captive too.
Go bid him lay his laurels down
And all his well earn'd praife difclaim. It (hall upon my bofom live,
Or clafp me in a clofe embrace;
The Hibband fhnll its freedom lofe, And at its fortune if you grieve-
l-ofe all the blif<» it had with you, Retrieve its doom and take its place.
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For beauty and fortune the laddies been courtin;
WeeKfeatur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw;
But chiefly the filler, that gars him gang till her,
The Pennie's the jewel that beautifies a*.
There's Meg wi' the mailin that fain wad a haen him;
And Sufie whafe daddy was laird o' the Ha;
There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maift fetters his fancy-
But th* laddie's dear fel he lo'es deareft of a'.
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My hearts in the Highlands,
Tune, FaiUe na m:olg.
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Farewell to the ftraths and green vallies below:
Farewell to the forefts and wild hanging woods;
Farewell to the torrents and loud pouring floods.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands a chafing the deer:
Chafing the wild deer, and following the rot ;
My' heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
John Anderson my Jo.
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John Anderfon my jo, John,
We clamb the hill the gither;
And mony a canty day John,
We've had wi' ane anither:
Now we maun totter down, John,
And hand in hand we'll go;
And fleep the gither at the foot,
John Anderfon my Jo.
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And on .my head a huge commp.de fat cocking,
Which made me fhew as tall again:
For a new gown I paid muckle money,
Which with golden flowers did fhine:
My love well might think me gay and bonny,
Nae fcots lafs was e'er fo fine.
My petticoat I fpotted,
Fringetoo with thread I knotted,
Lacd fhoes and filken hofe garter'd o'er the knee;
But ohi the fatal thought,
To Willy thefe are nought,
Wha rid to towns, and rifled wi' dragoons,
When he, filly loon, might hae plunder'd me.
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Wha gae the whigs the power o'ti Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap
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. us • am o'er us for a curfe,
But we may iee him wauken:
Gude help the day when royal heads
Are hunted like a maukin.
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As I gaed down the water-fide, Ye fall get gowns and ribbons meet,
There I met my fhepherd-lad, Cauf-leather fhoon upon your fest.
He row'd me fweetly in his plaid, And in my arms ye'se lie and fleep.
An he ca'd me his dearie. And ye fall be my dearie.
Cho? Ca' the ewes &c. Cho? Ca* the. ewes &c.
Will ye gang down the water- fide If ye'll but ftand to what ye've faid,
And fee the waves fae fweetly glide I se gang wi' you, rry fhepherd-lad,
Beneath the hazels fpreading wide, And ye may rowe me, in your plaid,
The moon it fhmes fu' clearly. And I fall be your, dearie.
Cho? Ca' the ewes &c . Cho? Ca' the ewes &c . ■ ■ -
I was bred up at nae fie fchool,
My fhepherd-lad, to play the fool,
And a' the day to fit in dool,
And nae body to fee me .
Cho? Ca' the ewes fee .
While waters wimple to the fea;
While day blinks in the lift fae hie;
Till clay-cauld death fall blin iry e'e.
Ye fall be my dearie .
Cho? Ca' the ewes &c .
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Truly thou art my Lover either among the
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Byt in ahint the ha' door, or elfe afore the fire .
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
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Ind in ahiht the ha' door, and there the beggar lay.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c,
Up raife the goodman's dochter, and for to bar the door,
And there (he faw the beggar ftandin i' the floor.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c
He took the ,laffie in his arms, and to the bed he ran,
O hooly, hooly wi' me, Sir, ye'll waken our goodman.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
The beggar was a cunnin' loon, and ne'er a word he (pake,
Until he got his turn done, fyne he began to crack.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
Ts there ony dogs into this town, Maicen, tell me true;
And what wad ye do wi' them, my hinny and my dow.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
They'll rive a my mealpocks, and do me meikle wrang.
0 dool for the doing o't, are ye the poor man.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c .
Then fhe took up the mealpocks and flang them o'er the wa',
The d _ 1 gae wi' the mealpocks, my maidenhead and a'.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
1 took ye for fome gentleman, at leaft the Laird of Brodie;
O dool for the doing o't! are ye the poor bodie . ;
And we'll gang nae mair, &c. •
He took the laffie in his arms, and gae her kiffes three,
And four- and -twenty hunder mark to pay the nurice-fee.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c .
He took a horn frae his fide, and blew baith loud and fhrill,
And four- and -twenty belted knights came flapping o'er the hill.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
And he took out his little knife, loot a' his duddies fa\
And he was the braweft gentleman that was amang them a'.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c.
The beggar was a cliver loon, and he lap fhoulder heigut,
O ay for ficken quarters as I gat yefternight.
And we'll gang nae mair, &c .
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"Ne'er heed what the auld anes will fay;
"Tho' we've little to brag o'_neer fear,
"What's gowd to a heart that is wae .
'Xhir laird has bajth honours and wealth;
"Yet feei how hes dwining wi' care:
"Now we, tho' we've naithing buj health,
"Are cantie and leil evermair.
"O Menie! the heart that is true,
"Has fomething mair coftlie than gear;
"Ilk e'en, if. has naithing .to rue,
"'Ilk morn, it has naithing to fear :
Mymither's aymakin'a phraze,
"That, I'm lucky young to be wed;
But lang'ere fhe countit my days,
O' me fhe was brought to bed :
Sae mither, juft fettle your tongue,
An' dinna be flytin' fae bauld ;
For we can do the thing when we're young, "Ye warldlings! gae, hoard up your ftore,
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Let ithers brag weel o' their gear,
Their land, and their lordlie degree;
I carena for ought but my dear,
For he's ilka thing lordlie to me:
His words mair than fugar are fweet.
His fenfe drives ilk fear far awal
1 Uften poor fool i and I greet
Yet ohl how fweet are the tears as they fai And this night I'll tak Jamie, for life
And tremble for fear oughLye tyne:
"Guard your treafures wi' lock, bar & door
"While thus in my arms I lock mine!"
He ends wi* a kifs and a fmile _
Waes me! can I tak it amifs,
When a lad fae unpractis'd in guile
Smiles faftly, and ends wi' a kifs!
Ye lafses . wha loo to torment
Your lemans wi'faufe fcorn and ftrife,
Play your pranks -for I ve gien my confent
I'll male you be. fain to follow me.
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A part o' my bed, wherever it be,
I'll mak you be fain to follow me.
Come try my knapfack on your back,
Alang the kings high -gate we'll pack;
Between Saint Johnfton and bony Dundee,
I'll male you be fain to follow me.
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Ah we had but a bridal o't,
We'd leave the reft un'o glide luck
Altho' there fhould betide ill o't:
For bridal days are merry times
And young folks like *be coining o't,
And Scribblers they bang up their rhyme
And Pipers they the bumming o't.
The lafses like a bridal ot,
The lafses like a bridal ot,
Their braws maun be in rank and file
Altho' that they fhould guide ill o't:
The boddom o' the kift is then
Turn'd up unto the immoft o't,
The end that held the keeks fae clean
Is now become the teemeft o t.
The bangfter at the threfhing o't,
The bangfter at the threfhing o't,
*\fore it comes is fidgin fain
And ilka day's a clafhing o't;
He'll fell his jerkin for a groat,
His linder for anither o't,
And e'er he wart to clear his fhot,
His fark'll pay thetither o't.
The Pipers and the Fiddlers o't,
s The Pipers and the Fiddlers ot,
Can (me 11 a bridal unco far <
And like to be. the niiddlers o't:
Fan thick and thr.vfald the\ convene
Ilk ane envies the tithcr o't,
And wifhes nane but him alane
May ever fee anither q't.
Fan they hae done Hi eating o't,
Fan they hae done wi' eating o't.
For dancing they gae to the green,
And aiblins to the beating o't:
He dances beft that dances faft,.
And loups at ilka reefing o't.
And claps h;e hands frae hough to hough.
And furls about the fee/ings o't.
Merrv hae I been teethin a heckle
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O marrjing Btfs, to gie her a Have:
Bleft be the hour fhe copld in her linnens,
And blythe be the bird that Tings on her grave!
Come to ny arms, my Katie, my Katie,
An come to my arms and kifs me again!
Druken or fober here's to thee, Katie!
And b!eft be the day I did it again.
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Lament the live -day long.
Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow,
Now, fond, T bare my breaft,
O, do thou kindly lay me low
With him I love at refti
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To buy myfel a tartan plaid,
To follow the boy wi' the White Cockade.
Cho. O he s a ranting, roving lad.
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I would _but Oh, Heavens! could I but defcribe' her,
Thoufands like mo would adore her and die!
O! on my faithful &c .
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Lilies and rolVs compar'd with her fkin,
(Soon loft their hue and fink back in confufion,
Tnable to bear the bright rays cf the fun.
O! on my faithful &c.
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Nor yet will I the lawyer have, for all his wily crooks:
I will not have the plowman lad, nor yet will I the miller,
But I will have my Sandy lad, without one penny filler
For he's aye a kifsing kifsing &c.
T will not have the foldier lad for he gangs to the war,
I will not have the failor lad 'oe&ufe he fmells of tar,
[ will not have the lord nor laird for all their mickle gear,
But I will nave my Sandy lad my Sandy o'er the moor.
For he's aye a kifsing kifsing ■<.<
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She giea us white bannocks to drink her ale,
Syne if her. tippony chance to be fma,
We'll tak a good fcour o't, and ca't awa'.
Todlen hame, todlen hame,
As round as a neep come todlen hame.
My kimmer and I lay down to fleep,
And twa pint ftoups at our bed- feet;
And ay when we waken'd we drank them dry:
What think you of my wee kimmer and I',
Todlen butt and todlen ben,
Sae round as my love comes todlen hame.
Lee/, me on liquor, my todlen dow,
Ye're ay fae good -humour 'd when weeting your mou;
When fober fae four, ye'll fight wi' a flee,
That 'it's a blyth fight to the bairns and me,
Todlen hame, todlen hame,
When round as a neep ye come todlen hjjr.e.
The .Braes o' Ballochmyle.
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Loup in your wintry beds, ye flowers,
Again ye'll flourifh frefh and fair;
Ye birdies dumb, in w-th'ring bowers,
Again ye'll charm the vocal air.
But here alas! for me nae mair;
Shall birdie charm, or floweret fmile;
Fareweel the bonnie banks of Ayr, ■ — *"
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Wha will fit befide m,_- there, VVha v%al mak me ftdgin fain;
Gie me Rob, I'll feek nae mair, VVha will kifs me o'er again.
The rantin dog the Daddie o't. The rantin dog the Daddie o'K j.
The Shepherds Preference.
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Drew nearer and nearer and figh'd to the found;
Around, as in chains, lay the beafts of the wood.
With pity dtfttrmci, with mufic fubdu'd.
Young Jefsy is fair as the fpring's earlv flower.
And Mary fings fweet as the bird, in her bower*
But Peggy is fairer and fweefer than they
With looks like the morning with fmiles like the Jay.
In the flower of her youth in the bloom of eighteen,
Of virtue the goddefs, of beauty the queen,
One hour in her prefence,an age farexcells,
Amid courts, where ambition with roifery dwells?
How fair to the fnepherd the new fpringing flowers,
When may and when morning lead on the gay hours,
But Peggy is brighter and fairer than they,
She's iair as the morning and lovely as may.
How fweet to the fhepherd the wild woodland found,
When larks fing .above him, and lambs bleat around;
But Peggy far fweeter can fpeak and can fing
Than the notes of the warblers that welcome the fpring.
When in beauty fhe moves by the brook of the plain,
You would call her a Venus, new fprung from the main,
When fhe fings and the woods with their echoes rtply,
You wouicfthink that an angel was warbling on high.
How {prightly the fwains, in her prefence appear
All the charms fhe improves that embellifh the ear,
•She heightens each pleafure, fhe foftens each woe,
She is all of celeftial we fancy below. ,
Ye Pow rs that prefide over mortal eftate,
VVhofe nod governs nature, whofe pleafure is fate,
O grant me, O grant me the heaven of her charms,
May I live in her prefence mi die in her arms.
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My Mary dear, departed /hade.
Tune, Capt? Cook's death fee.
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Can I forget the hallow 'd grove The birds fang love on every fprav,
Where, by the winding Ayr, we met Till too, too foon the glowing" weft
To live one day of parting love! Proclaim 'd the fpeed of winged day.
Eternity cannot efface (paft;
Thofe records dear of tranfports- Still o'er thefe fcenes my mem'ry wakts
Thy image at our laft embrace, And fondly broods with mifer-care;
Ah, little thought we 'twas our laft! Time but tliimprefsion ftrcnger makes,
As ftreams their channels deeper wear:
•Vyr gurgling kifs'd his pebbled fhore, My Mary, dear departed Shade:
O'er hung with wild-woods thickening Where is thy place of blifsful reft?
The fragrant birch fctfww thorn hoarfgreen; Seeft thou thy Lover lowly laid?
Twin'd amorous round the rapturd fcene; Hearft thou the groans that renH his
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Wroucht Scotland meikle wae; Puft up with powir and micht,
And ay his fword tauld to their ficaith, Landed in fair Scotland the yle,
He was their deidly fae. , With mony a hardy knicht.
Hie on a hill his caftle ftude,
With halls and tonirs a hicht,
And guidly chambers fair to fe.
.Quhairhe lodgit mony a knicht,
His dame fae peirlefs anes and fair,
For chaft and bewtie deimt,
Nac marrow had in all the land,
Saif Elenor the qui en.
Full thirtein fons to hhr> fcho bare,
All men of valour ftout;
In bludy ficht with fword in hand
Nyne loft their lives bot doubt;
The tydings to our gude Scots king
Came, as he fat at dyne,
With noble chiefs in braif aray,
Drinking the blude -reid wyne.
To horfe, to horfe, my royal Liege,
Zours faes ftand on the (trand,
Full twenty thoufand ghttering fpears •
The King of Norfe commands"
Bring me my fteed Mage dapple gray?
Our gude King raife and cry'd,
"A truftier beaft in all the land
A Scots king nevir feyd .
Four /.it remain, lang may they live Go, little page, tell Hardyknute,
To ftand by liege and land: That lives on hill fae hie,
Hie was their fame, hie was their micht, To draw his fword, the dreid of faes,
And hie was their command. And haft and follow me?
Great luve they bare to Fairly fair,
Their fifter faft and deir;
Her girdle fhawd her middle gimp,
And gowden glift her hair.
Quhat waefou wae her bewtie bred,
Waefou to zung and auld,
Waefou I trow to kyth and kin,
As ftory ever tauld!
The little page flew fwift as dart
Flung by his mafters arm :
"Cum down, cum down, Lord Hardy -
And rid zour King frae harm7(-knute,
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Then reid reid grew his dark-brown che-
■ Sae did his dark-brown brow;
His luiks grew kene,as they were wont,
In dangers great, to do. &c.
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To meet them were na flaw, man,
They rufh'd, and pufh'd & bhide outgufh'd
And mony a bouk did fa* man:
The great Argyle led on his files,
[ wat they glanc'd for twenty miles,
Theyhbugh'd the Clans like nine-pin kyles
They hack'd k. hafh'd while braid fvvordscla
And thro' they daflTd^hew'd&fmafhUffh'd,
lill fey men di'd awa, man.
Cho? la la la, Sic.
Rut had ye feen the philibegs
And ftyrin tartan trews, man,
\Mien in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs,
And covenantTmeblues, man;
■ In lines extended lang and large,
When baiginetB o'erpower'd the charge,
And thoufands halten'd to the charge;
Wi'Highland wrath they frae the fheath
Drew blades o' death, till out o' breath
They fled like frighted dows,man!'
Cho? la la la, fee. . .
O how deil Tarn can that be true,
The chace gaed frae the north, man;
I fa a- myfel,they did purfue
The horfe-mer bach to Forth, man
A' ' at "Dunblane in rr > ain fight
They took the brig wi'a their might,
And ftraughtto Stirling wing'd their -fH-
,But,curfed lot! the gates were fhut^ght,
And mony a huntit, poor Red-coat
For fear amaift did fwarf, man.
Cho? la la la, &c.
My lifter Kate cam up the gate
Wi'crowdie unto me, man; --
She fwoor £he faw fome rebels run
To Perth and to Dundee, man:
Their left-hand General had nae (kill;
The Angus lads had nae gude will.
That day their neebour's blude to fpill;
For fear by foes that they fiiould lofe .
Their cogs o' brofe,they (card at blows
And hameward felt did flee, man.
Cho? la la la, fee.
They've loft fome gallant gentlemen
Amang the Highland clans, man;
I fear my Lord Panmuir is (lain,
Or in his en'mies hands, man : •
Now wad ye ling this double flight,
Some fell for wrang & fome for right,
And mony bade the war Id gudenight;
Say pell and mell,wi'mu£kets knell
How Tories fell and Whigs to h_ll
Flew off in frighted bands, man.
Cho? la la la, &c.
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The Autumn mourns her'ripnihg corn
By early Winters ravage torn;
Acrofs her placid, azure fky,
She fees the fcowling tempeft fly:
Chili runs my blood to hear it rave,
I think upon the ftormy wave,
Where many a danger J muft dare,
Far from the bonie banks gf Ayr.
Tis not the furging billows roar,
Tis not that fatal, deadly fhflre;
Tho Death in ev'ry fhape appear.
The wretcktd l.uvt no more to fear:
But round my heart the ties arc bomm
That heart tranfpierecl with many a wo-
Thefe bleed afreQi.thofe ties T iear,£und
To leave the bonie banks of Ayr.
Farewell, old Coila's hills an 1 dales,
Her heathy moors and winding vales;
The fcene6 where wretched fancy roves,
Furfuing paft, unhappy loves 1
Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes.
My peace with thefe, my love with thofe-
The burfting tears my heart declare.
Farewell, the bonie bar.ks of Ayf;
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Now in the days of youthful prime a miftrefs I muft find ,
For love, they fay, gives One an air, and ev'n improves the mind,
On Phillis fair, above the reft, kind fortune fix'd my eyes;
Her piercing beauty ftruck my heart, and fhe became my choice:
To Cupid then, with hearty pray'r, I offer'd many a vow,
And danc'd,and fung, and figh'd and fwore, as other lovers do:
But when at laft I breath'd my flame, I found her cold as ftone;
T left the girl, and tun'd my pipe, to John of Badenyond .
When love had thus my heart beguiled, with foolifh hopes and vain,
To friendfhip's port I fteer'd my courfe, and laugh'd at lovers pain;
A friend I got by lucky chance, 'twas fomething like divine, .
An honeft friend's a precious gift, and fuch a gift was mine:
And now whatever might betide a happy man-was I,
In any ftrait I knew to whom I freely might apply:
A ftrait foon came, my friend I try'd, he laugh'd and fpurn'd my moan
I hyd me home, and pleas'd myfelf with John of Badenyond.
I thought I fhould be wifer next, and would a patriot turn,
Began to doat on Johnny Wilkes, and cry up Parfon Home,
Their noble fpirit I admire! and prais'd their manly zeal,
Who had with flaming tongue and pen maintained the public weal:
But e'er a month, or two was paft, I found myfelf betray 'd ;
'Twas Self and Party after all, for all the ftir they made;
At laft I faw thefe factious knaves infult the very throne,
I cursd them a', and tun'd my pipe, to John of Badenyond.
What next to do I mus'd a while, ftill hoping to fucceed,
1 pitch'd on books for company, and gravely try'd to read;
I bought -and borrow'd every where, and ftudied night and day;
Nor mift what Dean or Doctor wrote, that happened in my way:
Philofophy I nowefteem'd the ornament of youth;
And carefully thro' many a page, I hunted after truth;
A thoufand various fchemes I try 'd and yet was pleas'd with none,
I threw them by, and tun'd my pipe to John of Badenyond.
And now ye youngfters every where, who want to make a fhow,
Take heed in time, nor vainly hope for happinefs below;
What you may fancy pleafure here is but an empty name,
For girls, and friends, and books, and fo, you'll find them all the fame.
Then be advis'd, and warning take from fuch a man as me,
I'm neither Pope nor Cardinal, nor one of high deree:
You'll find difpleafure every where; then do as I have done,
Een tune your pipe, and pleafe yourfelf with John of Badenyond.
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Whafe branches to, the angry blaft
Were foughing mournfullie :
He turn'd his een towards the path
That near the caftle lay,
Where good lord John and Rothemay
W«=re rideing down the brae.
Swift darts the eagle from the fky,
When prey berteath is feen;
As quickly he forgot his hold, . .
And perch'd upon the green:
O hie thee, hie theel lady gay,
Frae this dark wood awa:
Some vifitors of gallant mein
Are hafting to the ha.
Then round fhe rowed her filken plaid
Her Steot fhe did na fpare,
Until fhe left the foreft fkirts
A lang bow-fhot and mair.
O where, O where, my good lord John
0 tell me where you ride?
Within my caftle -wall this night
1 hope you mean to bide.
Kind nobles, will ye but alight,
Tn yonder bower to ltay;
Saft eafe fhall teach you to forget
The hardnefs of the way.
Forbear entreaty, gentle dame,
How can we here remain?
Full well you ken your hulband dear
Was by our father flain.
The thoughts of which with fell reven^
Your angry bofom (Well:
Enraged you've fworn that blood for blc
Should this black paffion quell.
O fear not, fear not, good lord John,
That I will you betray,
Or fue requittal for a debt
Which nature cannot pay.
, Bear witnefs, a' ye powers on high,
Ye lights that gin to fhine,
This night fhnll prove the facred cord
That knits your faith and mine.
, The lady flee with honeyed words
Entic'd thir youths to ftay:
But morning fun ncie fhone upon
Lord John nor Rothemay.
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And o'er the lee I leuk fu' fain
When Jockey 8 owfen hameward ca\
An ay the night comes round again
When in his arms -he taks me a';
An ay he vows he'll be my ain
As langB he has a breath to draw.
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O whare live ye. my hiney.
By yon burn-fide, gin ye maun ken,
~Tn a wee houfe wi' my mihnie.
But I foor up the glen at een,
To fee my bony lafsie;
And lang before the grey morn cam,
She was na hauf fae faucey.
O weary fa' the waukrife cock,
And the foumart lay his crawin!
He wauken'd the auld wife frae her flee|
A wee blink or the dawin.
An angry wife I wat fhe raife,
And o'er the bed fhe brought her;
And wi' a meikle hazel rung
She made her a weel pay'd dochter.
O fare thee weel, my bony lafs:
O fare thee weel, my hinn:e.
Thou art a gay and a bony lafs,
But thou has a waukrife, minnie.
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It gars us a' in ane unite,
And ony iumph tliat keeps up fpite,
Jn confcience I abhor him .
Blithe and merry we's be' a'.
Blithe and merry, blithe and merry,
Blithe and merry we's be a*
To make a chearfu' quorum.
Blithe and merry, we's be a',
As langs we ha'e a breath to draw,
And dance, 'till we be like to fa\
The reel of Tullochgorum.
There needs na' be fo great a phrafe
Wi' dringing dull Ttalian lays,
I wadna gi'e our ain Strathfpeys
For half a hundred fcore o'em:
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Douff and dowie, douff and dowie;
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Wi' a' their variorum:
They're douff and dowie at the beft,
Their Allegros, and a' the reft,
They cannot pleafe a Scotifh - tafte,
Compar 'd wi' Tullochgorum.
let warldly minds themfelves opprefs
Wi'fear of want, and double cefs;
Ar.d filly fauls themftlves diftrefs
Wi' keeping *jp decorum:
£hali we fae four and fulky fit,
Scur &7,d fulky, four and fulky;
Shall we fae four and fulky fit,
Like auld Philofophorum ?
Shall we fae four and fulky fit,
Wi'neither fenfe, nor mirth, nor wit,
And canna rife to fhake a fit,
At the reel of Tullochgorum.
May choiceft blefsings ftill attend
Each honeft- hearted open friend,
And calm and quiet be his end,
Be a'. that's good before him!
May peace and plenty be hi* lot,
Peace and plenty, peace and plenty;
May peace and plenty be his lot,
And dainties a' great ftore o em!
May peace and plenty be his lot,
Unftain'd by any vicious blot;
And may he never want a groat
That's fond of Tullochgorum .
But for the difcontented fool,
Who wants to be opprefsion's tool,
May envy gnaw his rotten foul,
And blackeft fiends devore himi
May dool and forrow be his chance,
Dool and forrow, dool and forrow,
May dool and forrow be his chance,
And honeft fouls abhor him; -
May dool and forrow be his chance,
And a' the ills that come frae France,
Whoe'er he be that winna dance
The reel of Tullochgorum.
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Great love I bear to all the Fair,
Their humble flave an a' that;
But lordly, Will, I hold it ftill,
A mortal fin to thraw that.
For a' that fee.
Their tricks and craft hae put me daft,
They've tacn me in an a' that,
But clear your do ks and here's. The lexl
[ like the jads for a' that.
In rapture fweet this hour we meet, For a' that art a that,
Wi' mutual love an a' that; And tvxice as meikle's a that;
But for, how lang the flie may ftang. The bony lafs that I lo'e b*ft,
Let inclination law that. - She'll be my ain for a that.
For a' that fe'e.
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Three merry boys I trow are we; That's blinkin in the lift fae hie;
And mony a night we've merry been, She fhines fae bright to wyle us hame,
And mony mae we hope to bei But by my footh (he'll wait a weei .
Cho? We are na fou,&c. Cho? We are na fo«,fcc
Wha firft fhall rife to gang awa,
A cuckold, coward loun is he!
Wha firft befide his chair fhall fa'
He is the king amang us three!
Chos We are na fou,&c.
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At hame I faught ray Auntie, 0;
But I met the Devil and Dundee
On th' Braes o Killicrankie, O.
An ye had been &c .
The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr,
An' Clavers gat a clankic, O;
Or 1 had fed an A thole Gled
On th' braes o Killiecrankie, O.
An ye had been &c. y
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Her crooked horn it did as well,
. To ken her by ano* them a'
The ewie Sic .
She never threaten'd fcab nor rot,
But keeped ay her ain jog trot,
Baith to the fauld and to the cot,
Was never fvveer to lead nor ca'.
The ewie Sic.
Cauld or hunger never da rig her,
Wind or rain could never wrang her,
Ance £he lay "a,"wook an' langer
Out aneath a wreath o' fnaw.
The ewie Sic _
When other ewies lap the dyke,
And ate the kail for a' the tyke,
My ewie never play 'd the like
But tees'd about the barn yard wa'.
The ewie Sic.
A better nor a thriftier bcaft,
Nae honeft man cou'd weel ha' wifr,
For filly thing fhe never mift,
To hae ilk year a lamb or twa .
The ewie Sic .
The firft fhe had I gae to Jock,
To be to him a kind of ftock.
And now the laddie has a flock,
Of mair nor thirty head te ca .
The ewie Sic.
The neeft I gae to Jean; and now,
The bairn's fae bra', has fauld fae fu',
That lads fae thick come her to woo,
They re fain to fleep on hay or ftraw.
The ewie Sic.
I looked ay at even for her,
For fear the fumart mi^ht devour her,
Or fbme mefhanter had come o'er her,
If the beaftie bade awa'.
The ewie Sic .
Yet monday laft for a my keeping,
I canna fpeak it without greeting.
A villain came when I was fleeping.
And ftaw my ewie, horn and a.
The ewie Sic.
I fought her fair upo' the morn
And down beneath a bufs of thorn
I got my ewie's crooked horn,
But ah. my ewie was awa.
The ewie &c-
But an 1 had the lown that did it,
I've fworn and ban'd as well as faid it
Tho' a' the war Id fhoud forbid it,
1 £houd gie his neck a thraw.
The ewie Sic.
I never met wi' fick a turn
As this, fince ever I was born,
My ewie wi' the crooked horn,
Peur filly ewie ftown awa'.
The ewie Sic.
O had fhe died of crook or cauld,
As ewies die when they are auld,
It wad> na been by mony fauld,
Sae fair a heart to hane o's a'.
The ewie &c.
For a the claith that we hae worn,
Frae her and hers fae aften fhorn,
The lofs of her we cou'd ha'e born,
Had fair ftrae death tane her awa'.
The ewie Sic.
But filly thing to lofe her life,
Aneath a greedy villains knife,
I'm. really fearb that our good wife
Sail never win aboon't ava.
The ewie Sic.
O all ye bards beneath Kinghorn,
Call up your mufes let them mourn,
Our ewie wi' the crooked horn,
Is ftown frae' us and fell'd and a'.
The ewie Sic.
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And ay the ftound, the deadly wound,
Cam frae her een fae bonie blue.
But (pare to fpeak, and fpare to fpeed;
She'll aiblins liften to my vow:
Should £he refufe, I'll lay my dead
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Where bounding hawthorns gayly bloom;
And fweetly fpread thy Hoping dales
Where lambkins wanton through the broom:
Tho wgndering, now, muft be my doom,
Far from thy bonie banks and braes,
May there my lateft hours con fume,
Amang the friends of early days!
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In poortith I might mak a fen:
What care I in riches to wallow,
If I mauna marry Tam Glen.
There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller,
'Gude.day to you brute he comes b«.n
He brags and he blaw's.o' his filler,
But when will he dance JikeTam Glen
My Minnie does conftantly deave me.
And bids me beware o' young men;
They flatter, fhe .fays, to deceive me,
But wha can thinkfae o' Tam Glen.
My Daddie fays, gin I'll forfake him.
He'll gie me gude hunder marks ten
But, if its ordain'd I maun take him,
O wha will I get but Tam Glen .
Yeftreen at the Valentines' dealing,
My heart to my mou gied a ften;
For thrice I drew ane without failing,
And thrice it was written, Tam Glen.
.The laft Halloween I was waukin
My droukit fa*k-fleeve, as ye ken;
His likenefs cam up tfte houfe ftaukin, -
And the very grey b'reeks o Tam Glen.
Come counfel,dear Tittie, don't tarry;
I'll gie you my bonie black hen,
Gif ye will advife me to Marry
The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen.
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_ on a frofty winters night, The wife had got a drapie O, And
But (he's awa' to her goodman,
They cad him Tamie Lamie-O,
Gae ben and fetch to me the can, .
That I may get a dramie-O.
Tamie was an honeft man,
Himftlf he took a drapie-O,
ft was nae weil out o'er his craig,
Till fhe was on his tapie-O.
Quoth £he,the deil flee o'er your crai^,
Ye greedy druken coofie Ol
My wee drap drink, I had nae mair,
And I maun die o' drouthie O,
She paid him weil, baith back and fid' ,
And Cur fhe creifh'd his backit-0
And made his fkir. baith blue and black,
And gar'd his fhouldcis crackie-O.
Then he's awa' to the malt barn,
And he has ta'en a pockie-O,
He put her in, baith head and tail,
And caft her o'er his backie-O.
The carlii.g fpurr'd wi' head and feet,
The carle he v\as fae ackie-O,
To itka wa' that he came by,
He gard her head play knackie-O.
Goodman, I think you'll murder me,
My brains you out will knockie-O,
He gi'd her ay the other hitch,
Lie ftill, you devil's buckie-O.
Goodman, I'm like to make my burn,
O let me out, dear Tamie- O;
He fet her1 down upon a ftane,
And bade her pie a damie-O.
Then Tamie took her aff the ftane,
And put her in the pockie-O,
And when fhe did begin to fpur,
He lent her ay a knockie-O.
Away he went to the mill-dam,
And there ga'e her a duckie-O,
And ilka chiel that had a ftick,
Play 'd thjjhp upon her backie-O.
And when he took her hame again,
He did hing up the pockie-O,
Af her bed-fide, as I hear fay,
Tpon a little knagie_0.
A fid ilka day that fhe up-rofe,
fn naithing but her fmockie-O,
Sue loon as fhe look'd o'er the bed,
She might behold the pockie-O.
Now all ye men, baith far and near,
That have a drunken tutie-O,
Duck you your wives in time of year,
And I'll lend you the pockie-O,
The wife did live for nineteen years,
And was fu' frank and cuthie-O,
And ever fince fhe got the duck,
She never had the drouthie -O.
At laft the carling chane'd to die,
And Tamie did her bury-O,
And for the pub lick benefit,
He has gar'd print the curie _0.
And this he did her motto make;
Here lies an honeft luckie-O,
Who never jEpft the drinking trade,
Until flic got a duckie_0.
308
On the reftoration of the forfeited Eftates 1 784.
Tune, As I came in by Auchindown.
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The martial pipe loud pierc'd the fky,T.he Bard arofe refoundinghigh their
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No more the trumpet calls to arms,
Awaking battle's fierce alarms,
But every heroe's bofom warms,
With fongs of exultation,
While brave Lochiel at length regains,
Thro' toils of war his native plains,
And won by glorious wounds, attains,
His high paternal ftation.
Let now the voice of joy prevail,
And echoe wide from hill to vale;
Ye warlike Clans arife and hail,
Your laurelfd Chiefs returning.
O'er ev'ry mountain every ifle,
Let peace in all her lufter fmile,
And difcord ne'er her day defile.
With fullen fhades of mourning.
Whofe generous bounty richly pours,
The ftreams of plenty round your Chore
To Scotia's hills their pride rc-ftores,
Her faded honours raifing.
Let all the joyous banquet fhare,
Nor e'er let Gothic grandour dare,
With fcowling brow to overbear
A Vafsals rights invading
Let Freedoms confcious Sons difdain
To croud his fawning timed train.
Nor even own his haughty reign
Their dignity- degrading.
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M? Leod, McDonald join the ftrain,
M? Pherfon, Frafer, and M? Lean,
Thro' all your bounds let gladnefa reign, With undivided heart and hand
Both Prince and patriot praifing, For freedom King and Nation.
Ye northern Chiefs, whofe rage unbroke
Has ftill repell'd the tyrants fhock,
Who ne'er have bow'd beneath her yoke
With fervile bafe proft ration,
Let each now train his trufty band
'Gainft foreign Foes alone to ftand
The Campbells are comin.
309
Great Argyle he goes before, The Campbells they are a' in arms '
He niaks his cannons and guns to roar, Their loyal faith and truth to fhow,
Wi' found o' trumpet, pipe and drum Wi' banners rattling in the vwnd,
The Campbells are comin Oho, Ohoi The Campbells are comin Oho, Oho.
Cho* The Campbells fcc. Cho! The Campbells fce.
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Get np and bar the Door
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And blew into the floor, O. And then they ate the black O.
Quoth our goodman,to our goodwife, Though mur.kle thought the goodwife to
"Gat up and bar the doo*"0. Yet ne'er a word (he fpak-'OYhe-if I,
"My hand is in my hus' if.fkap, Then faid the one unto the Othl r,
Goodman, as ye may fee O, '"Here, man, tak \e id> knife O
And itfhou'd nae be barr'd this hundred Do }e tak aff the auld man's beard,
Its lio be barr'd for me O'.' (year, And I'll kifs the goodwife. O
They made a paction 'tween them twa, "But there's nae water in the houfc,
They made it firm and fure; O ' And what fhall we do than."0
That the firft who fhould fpeak the fcreroou'What ails ye at the pudding broo,
Shou'd rile and bar the door 0.(word, That boils into the pan O."
Then by there came two gentleman,
At twelve o clock at' night, O
And_they could tieither fee houfe nor
Nor coal nor candle light O. (hall,
O up then ftatted our good man,
An angry man was he,0
"Will ye kifs my wife before my een,
And" fcald me wi' pudding bree.'T)
Now, whether is this a rich man's houfe, Then up and ftarted our goodwife,
Or whether is it a poor. O Gied three fkips on the floor,0
But never a word wad ane o' them fpeak, "Goodman, you've fpoken the foremoft
For barring of the door, O. Get up and bar the door, O!' (word,
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PRE FACE.
~TiTHE>J the Editor Publifhed the third Volume of this work,
he had reafon to conclude that one volume mora would finifh the
Publication Still however, he has a considerable number of Scots
Airs and Songs more than his plan allowed him to include in this
fourth volume. Thefe, though in all probability the\ will not amount
to what he has hitherto publifhed as one volume, he fhall yet give to
the world; that the Scots Mufical Mufeum may be a Collection of
ever}- Scots Song extant. To thofe who object that his Publication
contains pieces of inferior, or little value, the Editor anfvters, by
referring to his plan All oir Songs cannot have equal merit.
Befides, as the world have not yet agreed on any unerring balance,
any undifputcd ftandard, in matters of Tafte, what to one perfon
yields no manner of pleafure, may to arother be a high enjoyment.
Edm' Auguft 13. 1792.
Entered in Stationers Hall.
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T- IV
Index to Atolume Fourth.
Note, the Soups marked B. R. X. 8Cc. are originals
bv different hands, but all of them Scots gentlemen, who
have favoured the Editor and the Public at large with
their compofitions: thefe marked Z, are old verfes, with
corrections or additions.
Firft line of each Song. Authors Names Page
A
A Southland Jenny that was right bonie ________ 318
As 1 came down by yon caftle wa' _________ 336
All hail to thee thou bawmy bud_ __ _____ __ 340
Altho' I be but a country lafs _ _ ______ _ 356
Ae fond kifs and then we fever _ __ _ .. ___ __ 358
As I was a wandering ae midfummer e'enih _____ _ 359
An O for ane and twenty Tami _________ 366
As I was a walking all alone _ _ _______ _382
A nobleman liv'd in a village of late_ _ _ 384
Ay waking oh waking ay and wearie._See another fet.Song N?2131
Vol:3?j"396
As Patie cam up frae the glen __ _ _ _ _ __ _ 396
As I went out, ae may morning _________ 340
B
By yon caftle wa' at the clofe of the day _______ 326
Bonie wee thing canie wee thing __ __ _ ___ 351
Coin in thro' the craiges o' Kyle _ _ Mifs Jean Glover _ _ _ _ 338
Come here's to the nymph that I love ___ _____ 354
F
Frae the friends and land I love ________ 312
Forbear gentle youth to purfue me in vain _ _ _ _ _ _ 344
Farewell to a' our Scottifh Fame _.__ _ ___ _39l
Farewell thou fair day thou green earth & ye fkies _ Burns _ - 399
Flow gentle fv\eet Afton among thy green braes _ _ _ 400
Gone is the day and m'rk the night ________ 323
H
He> Donald how Donald - _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ 344
He) how my Johnie Lad __________ 368
Harken and I will tell vou how _________ 38©
I
I've been courting at a I.afs __________ 316
I fine cf a Whittle a Whiffle of worth _ Burns_(Tee the end of^ _
8 the Index _.:J~ ~d24
I do confefs thou art fae fair __________ 332
I hae been at Crookicden __ ________ 342
It is na Jean thy bonie face _ _ Mufic by Ofwald _ _ _ _ 343
I hae a wife o' my ain__ _ _ __ __ __ - 364
In fummer when the hay was maun _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ 376
Jockey fou and Jer.ny fain _________ _ 395
It was in fweet Senegal _ ____- — ____ 3y8
I love my jovial Sailor ___________ 404
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Keen blaws the wind o'er Donochthead _ _ _ _ _ _ Page _ 388
L -
Late in an evening forth I went _ ________ 328
My Soger Laddie is over the fea ______ ___ 334
My heroi mv hero mv beautious my brave _ _ _ _ _ _ 352
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Now weftlin winds and flaughterin guns _ _ _ Burns _ _ 363
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Our Lords are to the mountains gane _ ■ _ _._ _ _ _ _ 312
O mighty natures handy work _ _ M?Learmont at Dalkieth _ _ 314
O John come kifs me now now _ _ __ _, __ _ 315
O Ladie I maun lo'e thee _ _ _ _ ___ ___ 320
O meikle thinks my love o my beauty ______ 322
O how can I be blythe and glad _________ _ 328
O as I was kift yeftreen _ Compofed on an amour of John Duke)
of Argyle _ J"330
O where wad bonie Annie ly _ _ _ _ ______ 335
O Galloway Tam cam here to woo _ _. - _ - _ _ _ 336
O where hae ye been Lord Ronald my fon_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 337
O faw ye my dearie my Eppie M? Nab __ - _ _ ___ 346
O how fhall I unfkilfu try _ _ _ _ _ _____ 360
O when fhe came ben fhe bobbed _ _______ 364
O fare ye weel my auld wife __ ________ 365
O Logie o Buchan O Logic the Laird _ _ _ _ _ _ - 368
O Kenmures on and awa Willie __ _ _ _ ____ 370
O Lee/e me on my Spinning Wheel _ Burns _The Mufic by Ofwald _ 371
O Luve will venture ___■__--____ _ 386
O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the caftle wa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 390
O can ye labor lea young man _ _ • _ _ - _ -_ - 407
O all ye luves and groves lament- ____ ____ 408
O Love thou delights in mans ruin _ faid to be a Seceding ^
Clergyman at Biggar_J"~ ~ ^13
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Roys wife of Aldivalldch _ _ _ J Mf8 Grant-, of C++++n _ _ 352
Sweet clofes the- evening on Craigieburn Wood _____ 311
She fat down below a thorn _______ ___ 331
Senfibility how charming _ Burns _ the Mufic by Mf-M. S. _ 339
Some fpicks of Lords, fome fpicks of Lairds __ _ _ __367
Sleepy body drouly body __________ 404
She's fair and faufe that caufe my fmart_ ■ _ _ _ _ _ _411
T
The country Swain that haunts the plain _ ___ _ _ _ 316
Thou art gane awa, thou art gane awa ______ - 348
The tears I fhed muft ever fall _ _, _ Mifs C++++ + n _ 350
The tither morn when I forlorn ____ _____ 355
There was a battle in the north _ _______ 357
The weary pund the weary pund _________ 362
The Shepherds wife cries o'er the knowe _ _____ 372
There came a Ghoft to Margarets door _ _ _ _ _ 374
The noble Maxwels and their powers - The Mufic bv Rob. Riddel 375
EfqT of Glenriddel _ _
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There livd a man in y onder glen _ This Song; & T_ne feem to )
-be the original of Song N? 300 in Volume 3d - Tradition [ _ 376
_ _ fay* Johnie Blunt lived fomewhere in Crawford Muirs _ k
Turn again thou fair Eli/a -_____„___ _378
There lived a Carl in Kelljburn braes _______ 392
The fmiling fpring _omes in rejoicing ______ _ 401
The Ducks dung o'er my daddy _________ 409
The Deil cam fiddlen thro' the Town- _ _ 412
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Up wi the Carls of Dyfart ____ _ ___ 405
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When firft my brave Johnie Lad _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 319
What can a young Lafsie __ __ ____: __ 327
When 1 was a young lad my fortune was bad _ _ """" _ _ _ 332
Wha's that at my bower door ____ _ __ _ 347
Whare live ye mv bonie lafs ____ _ _ __ ^72
Willie Waftle dwalt on Tweed ____•_ _ _ 389
When dear Evanthe we were young _ _ •_ _ _ _ _ 394
Where Cart rins rowin to the fea _ _ _. _ 403
While hopelefs and almoft reduced to difpair _M? R. Mundeli _ 406
Y
Yon wild mofsy mountains fae lofty and wide _ _ _ _ 340
Ye Jacobits by name give an ear __ _._ _ _ __383
Ye Banks and braes o' bonie Don_ Burns, the Mufic by MT)
James Millar Writer in Edinr. _ C " " 387
Ye watchfull guardians of the Fair _ Ramfay _ _ _ -* _ 302
As the authentic Profe hiftory of the- Whiftle is curious, we (hall here
fubjoin it. _In the train of Anne, Princefs of Denmark, when fhe came to Scot-
-land with her hufband, Janes the Sixth, there came over alfo a Danifh gentle-
-man of gigantic Stature and great prowefe,and a matchlefs devotee of Bacchus.
He had a curious ebony Ca\ or Whiftle, which, at the beginning of the
orgies he laid on the table, and whoever was laft able to blow the Whiftle,
■every body elfe being difabled by the potency of the bottle, was to carry
off the Whiftle as a trophy of victory. The Dane produced credentials of
his victories, without a fingle defeat, at the courts of Copenhagen, Stock-
-holm, Mofcow, Warfaw,and feveral of the petty courts of Germany; and
challenged the Scotifh Bacchanalians to the alternative of trying his piowefs,
Or elfe of acknowledging their inferiority. _ After many overthrows on the
part of the Scots the Dane was encountered by Sir Robert I.owrie of Max-
-Wfclton, anceftor to the prefent Sir Robert, who after three days £ nights
Claret- fhed, left the fcandmavian dead-drunk,"And blew on the Whiftle
his requiem fhriir/ Sir Walter Lowrie, fun to Sir Robert before menti-
-oned, afterwards loft the VVhtf'tle to Walter Riddel of Glenriddel, who
had married the fifttr of Sir Walter. -On Friday, the Sixteenth of
October 1790, the Wr.jftle was once more contended for, as related in
the Ballad, by the prefent Sir Hobert Lowrieof Maxwelron; Rob! Riddel
EfqV of Glenriddel, lineal deicendant and representative of Walter RiddVl
who won the Whiftle, and in whofe Family it had continued; and Alex .r
Fergufon EfqT of Craigdarroch, likewife defcended of the great Sir
Robert, which laft gentleman carried off the hard-won honors of the
Field . __________________________
311
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wood,Ca";i yield me nothing but forrow. Beyond thee dear_ ie be._
I fee the fpreading leaves and flowers,
I hear the wild birds finging;
But pleafure they hae nane for me
While care my heart is wringing.
Beyond thee, &c.
I can na tell, I maun na tell,
I dare na for your arger:
But fecret love willbteak my heart,
If I conceal it langer.
Beyond thee, &c.
' fee thee gracefu, ftraight and taXlt
f fte thee ftveet and bori?,
Bi> Oh, what will i -rSS be,
If thou refufe thy Johniel
Beyond thte, 8tc.
To fee thee in another s arms,
In love to lie and languifh,
Twad be my dead, that will be feen,
My heart wad bruft wi' anguifh.
Beeyond thee, fee.
But Jeanie« fay thou wilt be mine,
Say, thou loes nane before me;
Ar.d a' my days o life to come
I'll gratefully adore thee.
Bej nvd thee, <tc.
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Frae the friends nnd Land I love.
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Brighteft climes fhall mirk appear,
Defart ilka blooming (ho re;
Till the Fates, nae mair fevere,
Friendfhip, Love and Peace reftore.
Till Revenge, wi laurell'd head
Bring our Bamfhed hame again;
And ilk loyal, bonie lad
Crofs the feas and win his ain.
Hnghie Graham.
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And they hae tied him hand and foot,
And led him up thro* Stirling town;
The lads and lafses met him there,
'Cried, Hughie Graham thou art a loun.
O lowfe my right hand free, he fays,
And put my braid fword in the fame;
He's no in Stirling town this day,
Daur tell the tale to Hughie Graham.
Cp then befpake the brave Whitefoord,
As he fat by the bifhop's knee,
Five hundred white ftots I'll gie you,
Tf ye'll let Hughie Graham gae free.
O haud your tongue, the bifhop fays,
And wi' your pleading let me be;
For tho' ten Grahams were in his coat,
Hughie Graham this day fhail die.
CTp then btfpake the fair Whitefoord,
As fhe fat by the bifhop's knee;
Five hundred white pence I'll gee youj
If ye'U gie Hughie Graham to me.
O haud your tongue now lady fair,
And wi' jour pleading It^it be,
NMtho' ten Grahams were in his coat,
Its for my honor ho maun die.
Theyve t-i?n him to the gallows fcnov><
He Iopktd *o the ga!!ov\s +'ee,
Yet never colourleft his cheek,
Nor ever did he bhn' his e'e.
At length he looked tound about,--*
To fee whatever he could fp\ ;
And there he faw his auld father,
And he was weeping bitterly.
0 haud your tongue, my father dear,
And wi' your weeping let it be;
Thy weeping's fairer on uy. heart,
Than a' that they can do to tr.e.
And ye may gie my brother-John,
My fword that's bent in the middle clear,
And let him come at twelve o clock,"
And fee me pay the bifhops mare. .'
And ye may gie jay brother James,
My fword that's bent in the middle brow-
And bid him come at four o clock,
And fee his brother Hugh cut down.
Remember me to Maggy my wife,
The nieft time ye gang oer the moor;
Tell her, fhe ftaw the bifhops mare,
Tell her, fhe was the bifhop's whore.
And ye may tell my kith and kin,
1 never did difgrace their blood;
And when they m^et the bifhop's cio««k.
To mak it fhorti c the hood.
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Tune, The Butcher boy.
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The Sailor fpreads the daring fail, A Monarch tea'es his golden throne,
Thro* angry feas a foaming; Wi' other men in common,
The jewels, gems o* foreign fhores, He flings afide his crown, and kneels
He gies to pleafe a Woman. A Subject to a Woman.
The Sodger fights o'er crimfon fields, Tho' I had a e'er man pofsefsd,
Tn diftant climates roaming; Barbarian, Greek, or- Roman;
Yet lays, wi* pride, his laurels down, It wad nae a' be worth a ftrae,
Before all— conquering Woman. Without my goddefs, Woman.
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An armfu' 1 fwear; 1 think upon her ftill;
I wou'd marry her without a coat, And when 1 fleep, or when I wake,
Or e'er a plack o' gear. She does my fenfes fill.
For, truft me, when I faw her firft, May Heavens guard the bonny lals
She c;'»e me fick a wound. That fweetens a' my lift;
That a' the doctors i' the earth And fhame fa' me gin e'er I fcek
Can never mak me found. Anither for my wife.
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Fair Jenny raife, pat on her claife,
Syne tuned her voice to fing;
She fang fae fweet, wi' notes compleat,
Gard a' the echoes ring;
And a' the males lay by their flails.
And dance moft merrily;
And blefs the hour that fhe had power
To fhake thf peafe_ ftrae.
The mufing fwain difturb'd in brain,
Faft to her arms he flew,
And ftrave a while, then wi* a fmiU,
Sweet Jenny red in hue,
She faid right aft, I think ye're daft,
That tempts a laffie fae;
\e'll do me wrang, pray let me gang.
And fhake the p&afe_ftrae .
My heart, faid he. fair wounded be,
For thee, my Jenny fair; '
Without a jeft, I get nae reft.
My bed it proves a fnare.
Thy image fine, prefents me fv~nev
And takes a* reft me frae;
And while I dream, in your efteem
You reckon me your fae.
Which is a fign ye will be mine,
Dear Jenny (ay rae na;
But foon comply, or elfe I die,
Sae tell me but a flaw,
If you can love, for none above
Thee 1 can fancy fae,
I would be bleft if 1 but wift,
That you would fhake my ftrae.
Then Jenny fmild, faid,youre beguil'd,
T canna fancy thee;
My minny,bauld, fhe would me fcauld,
Sae dinna die for me.
But yet I own I am near grown,
A wrvman; fince its fae,
I'll marry thee, fyr.e Vou'll get me
To, fhake your peafe ftnie.
A Southland Jenny.
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Forced him at latiAp tell his mind till her:
My Dear, quo he, we'll nae langer tarry,
Gin ye can lo'e me, let's o'er the moor and marry.
Come awa then, my Norland laddie,
Tho' we gang neat, fome are mair gaudy;
Albiet I hae neither land nor money,
Come, and I'll ware my beauty on thee.
Ye lafses o' the South, ye 're a' for drefsin;
Lafses p' the North mind mil kin and threfhin:
My minnie wad be angry, and fae wad my daddie,
Should I marry- ane as dink as a lady.
I maun hae a wife that will rife i' the mornin,
Crudle a' the milk, and keep the houfe a fcauldin,
Tulzie wi' lier neebors, and learn at my minnie,
A Norland Jockie maun hae a Norland Jenny.
My father's 'only dochter, wi' farms and filler ready,
Wad be ill beftowed upon fie a clownifh body;
A' that I faid was to try what was in thee,
Gae hame.ye Norland Jockie, and court your Norland Jenny!
Cock up jour Reaver.
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O pity ?ne before I gae,
And rife and let me in, jo.
Cho. O let me in &:c.
The night it is baith cauld and weet,
The morn it will be fnaw and fleet,
My fhoon are frozen to my feet
Tn ftanding here my lane, jo.
Cho. O let me in tic.
I daur na let _\ou in, jo.
Cho. "O gae your ways this ae ni^ht.
This ae, ae, ae night;
O gae your ways this ae night,
* For I daur na let you in, jo!'
But I'll come dealing faftly in.
And cannily mak little din;
My fittftep -tread there's nonr ran ken
For the fughin wind and rain, jo.
Cho?0 let me in fee
I am t'\e laird o' Windy- wa's,
I cam na here without a caufe,
-..a I hae gotten mony fa's
In comin thro the plain, jo.
Cho? O Irt me in &c.
My father's walking in the ftreet.
My mither the chamber keys does keep.
My chambrr_door does chirp and cheep
"Caft up the door unto the weet,
"Caft affyour fhoon fr3e aff your ft-et,
Syne to my chamber ye may creep,
"But ye maunna do't again, jo.
Chos O Leeze me on this ae tiitfht,
This ae, ae, ae nii,'h*.
The joys we've had tl night,
Your chamber ^ • ""hin,
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Your proffer o' luvee an airle_penny,
Mv tocher's the bargain ye wad buy;
But an y% be crafty, I am cunnin,
Sue ye wi' anither -your fortune maun try.
Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood,
Ye're like to the bark.o' ) on rotten tree,
Ye' 11 flip frae me like a knotlefs thread,
And \e'll crack \ our credit wi* mae nor me.
Then Guidwjfe count the Inwin,
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And femple.folk maun fecht and fen;
But here we're a in ae accord.
For ilka man that's drunk's a lord.
Cho. Then goodwife count fee.
My coggie is a tialy pool,
That heals the wounds' o' care uhd Jool
And pica fu re is a wanton trout.
An' ye drink it a*, jVl! find hi", "ut.
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The god of the bottle fends down from his hall _
"This Whiftle 8 your challenge, to Scotland get o'er,
"And drink them to hell, Sir, or ne'er fee me more, Fal de dal-&c.
Old Poets have lung, and old Chronicles tell,
What champions ventur'd, what champions fell:
The fon of great Loda was conqueror ftill,
And blew on the whiftle their requiem fhrill, Fal de dal fee.
Till Robert, the lord of the Cairn and the Scaur,
Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd m war,
He drank his poor godfhip as deep as the fea,
No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he, Fal de dal &c.
Thus Robert, victorious, the trophy has gain'd,
Wkich now in his houfe has for ages remain d,
T^ill three noble Chief tans, and all of his blood,
The jovial conteft again have renewd, Fal de dal &c.
Three jovous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw,
Craigdarroch, fo famous for wit, worth and law;
And trufty Glenriddel, fo vers'd in old coins;
And gallant Sir Robert, deep read in old wines. Fal dc dal fee.
Craigdarroch began with a tongue fmooth 48 oil,
JDefirin.^ Glenriddel to yield up the fpoil,
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Or elfe he would mufftr, the heads of the clan,
And once more in claret try which wa» the man. Fal de da! fee.
By the gods of the Ancient*. Glenriddel replies,
Before I furrender fo glorious a pri/e,
I'll conjure the ghoA of the great Rorie More, ojt-
And bumper his horn with him twenty times o'er] Falde dal fee.
Sir Robert, a Soldier, no fpeech would pretend,
But he ne'er turn'd his back on his foe _or his friend,
Said, tofs down the Whiftle pri/e of the field,
And knee-deep in claret he'd die or he'd yield. Falde dal fee.
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So noted for drowning of forrow and care;
But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame.
Than the fen fe, wit and tafte of a fweet lovejy Dame. Fa! de dal fee.
A Bard was felected to witnefs the fray,
And tell future ages the feats of the day:
A Bard who deteited all fadnefs and fpleen,
And wifh'd that Parnafsus a vineyard had been. Falde dal fee.
The dinner being over, the claret they ply,
And every new cork is a new fprirg of joy, *
In the bands of old friendfhip and kindred fo Petj
And the bands grew the tighter the more theywe e wet. Falde dal fe
Gay Pleafure ran riot as bumpers ran o er,
Bright Phebus neer witnefs d fo joyous a corps,
And vowd that to leave them he was quite forlorn,
Till Cynthia hinted he'd find them next morn. Fal de dal fee.
Six bottles a piece had well wore out the night.
When gallant Sir Robert, to finifh the fight,
Turn'd o'er in one bumper a bottle of red,
And fwore 'twas the way that their Anceftor did. Fal de dal fee.
Ihtn worthy Glenriddel fo cautious and fage
No longer the warfare ungodly would wage;
A high Ruling Elder to fallow in wine;
He 'eft the foul bufinefs to folks lefs divine. Fal de dal fee.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,'
But who can with Fate and quart-bumpers contend;
Tho' Fate faid, a hero fhould penfh in light.
So uprofe bright Phsbus ..and down fell the Knight. Fal de dal fe
Next uprofe our Bard, like a prophet in drink,
"JCraigdarrcich, thouH foar when Creation (hall fink!
But if thou wouldft floufifh immortal in rhyme,
Come, one bottle more, and have at the fublimeili Fal de dal fee.
Thy Line that have ftruggled for freedom with Bruce,
"Shall Heroes and Patriots ever produce:
''So'thine be the laurel, and mine bt ti.< bay, tt
'The field thou haft won, by yon bright trod "*f day! F»l de d I *
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There'll never be peace till Jamie comes jbame.
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And now I greet round their green beds in the yerd;
It brak the fweet heart of my faithfu'auld Dame,
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
Now life is a burden that bows me down.
Sin I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown;
But till my laft moments my words are the fame,
There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame.
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He hofts and he hirpls the weary day lang:
He's do} Tt and he's do/in, his- blude it is frozen,
O, dreary 8 the night wi' a crazy auld man!
He hums and he hankers, he frets and he Cankers,
I never can pleafe him, do a' that 1 can;
He s peevifh, and jealous of a' the young fellows,
O. dool on the dry 1 met wi* an auld man!
My auld auntie Katie upon me t-»ks pin-,
I'll do ny ehdesvour to follow her plan;
I'll crofe Unr*. n J wrack him untill I heart brtak him,
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Mv friends they hae difown'd me a; And filken fnoods he gae me twa,
But there is ane will tak my part, And I will wear them for his fake,
The bonie lad that's far awa. The bonie lad that's far awa.
But there &c. And t will &c.
O weary winter foon will pafs,
And fpring will deed the birken fhaw;
And my young babie will be born,
And he'll be hame that's far awa.
And my &c *
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The country kens where he was born,
Was but a filly poor vagabond,
And ilka ane leugh him to fcorn;
For he did fpend and mak an end
Of gear that his forefathers wan,
He gart the poor ftand frae the door,
Sae tell nae mair of thy auld goodman.
My heart, alake, is liken to break,
When I think on my win/bme John,
His blinken ee, and gait fae free, (drone
Was naething like thee, thou dozen d-
His rofy face, and flaxen hair,
And a fkin as white as ony fwan,
Was large and tall, and comely withal,
And thoult never be like my auld goodman
Why do ft thou pleeri? I thee maintain,
For meal and ma-*t thou difna want;
But thy wild bees I canna pieafe,
Now when our gear gins to grew fcant,
Of houfehold ftuff thou haft enough,
Thou wants for neither pat nor pan;
Of ficklike ware he left thee bare,
Sae tell nae mair or thy auld goodman.
Yes, I may tell, and fret my fell, '
To think on thefe blyth days I had,
When he and I together lay,
Tn arms into a weel made bed:
But now I figh and may be fad,
Thy courage is cauld.thy colour wan,
Thou falds thy feet, and fa's afleep,
And thoult ne'er be like my auld good-
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Then coming was the night fae dark,
And gane was a' the light V day;
The carl was feard to mils his mark ,
And therefore wad nae langer ftay.
Then up he gat, and he ran his way,
I trow the wife the day fhe wan.
And ay the o'erword o' the fray
Was ever, A lake, my auld goodman.
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I'll never forget till the day that I .die,
Sae monv braw kiffes his Grace gae me.
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Fine flowers in the valley,
And ye fuiile fae fweet, ye'l| fmile me dead,
And the green leaves they grow rarely.
She's taen out her little penknife
Fine flowers &c.
And twinn'd the fweet babe o' its life.
And the green &c.
She s howket a grave by the light o' the moon,
Fine flowers &c
And there fhe's buried her fweet babe in,
And the green Ale.
As fhe was going to the church,
Fine flowers &c.
She faw a fweet babe in the porch.
And the green Nc.
0 fweet babe and thou were mine.
Fine flowers &c.
1 wad deed thee in the {'ilk fo fins.
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O mother dear, when T w-as thit.e,
Fine flowers fee.
You did na prove to me fae kind.
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Amang its native briers fae coy,
How fune it tines its fcent and hue
When pu'd and worn a common toy!
Sic fate e'er lang fhall thee betide;
Tho* thou may gayly bloom 'a while,
Yet fune thou fhalt be thrown afide,
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So greafy is grown,
Remarkable 'tis for its fhining;
>Tis ftitch'd all about,
Without button or lopp,
And never a bit of a lining.
The coat I have on,
So thread -bare is grown,
So out at the armpits and elbows,
That T look as abfurd
As a failor on board,
My blue fuftian breeches
Is wore to the ftitches,
My legs you may fee whats between them;
My pockets all four,
I'm the fon of a whore,
If there's ever one farthing within them.
I have ftockings, 'tis true,
But the devil a fhoe,
{ n, oblig'd to wear boots in all weather,
Ee damn'd the boot foal,
( urfe on the fpur-roll.
That has ly'n fifteen months in the bilbocs-Confounded be the upper-leather.
My fhirt it is tore
Both behind and before.^
The colour is much like a cinder;
Tis fo thin and fo fine.
That it is my defigh
To prefent it to the mufes for tinder.
Had ye then but feen
The fad pli^r' ' v\-is in,
Ved not ft en fuch a po<J amongft twtnt\ ;
I have nothing thats full,
But my fhirt aid ny ikull,
For my pockets and belly are euipt^ .
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Return him with laurels to my langing arms.
Syne frae all my care ye'll pleafantly free me,
\ When back to my wifhes my foger ye gie me.
O foon may his honours bloom fair on his brow,
As quickly they muft, if he get his due:
For in noble actions his courage is ready,
Which makes me delight in my foger-Iaddie.
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Mak me your goodman, I
Shanna hinder you to ly,
And fleep till \e be weary.
In my bofom thou (halt ly,
When thou wakrife art, or dry,
Healthy cordial ftanding by,
Shall prefently revive thee.
What if I fhou'd wauking; ly,
When the hoboys are gawn by,
Will ye tent me when I cry,
My dear; I'm faint and irv.
To your. will I then comply,
Join us, pricft. and let me try,
How I'll tri* a goodman ly,
• Wha can a cordial gi'e me.
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lafs, But the flower borders were us be_ tween
A bony bony lafsie ftie was, Talk not fo very high bony lafs,
As ever mine eyeB did fee: O talk not fo Aery, very high:
O five hundred pounds would I give, The man at the fair that wad fell,
For to have fuch a pretty bride as thee. He maun learn at the m an that wad -
„ . f buy.
To have fuch a pretty bride as me,
Young man ye are fairly miftaen;
Tho' ye were king o' fair Scotland,
I wad difdain to be your queen
I truft to climb a far higher *i€e-,
And herry a far richer neft:
Tak this advice o' me bony lafs,
Humility wad fet thee beft.
Lord Ronald my fon.
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What got ye frae your fweetheart Lord Ronald, my fon.
What got ye frae your fweetheart Lord Ronald, my fon.
I hae got deadly poifbn, mother, make my bed foon;
For life is a burden that foon I'll lav down.
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O'er the moor amanp the heather.
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Says I my dear whare is thy hame,
In moor, or dale, pray tell me whether,
She fays,T tent thae fleecy flocks
That feed 'amang the blooming heather.
Cho? O'er the moor &c.
O'er the moor &c.
She fay»,I tent thae fleecy flocks
That feed amang the blooming heather.
We laid us down upon a bank,
Sae warm and funny was the weather,
She left her flocks at large to rove,
Amang the bonie blooming heather.
Cho? Oer the moor &c.
O'er the moor.&c.
She left her flocks at large to rove,
Amang the bonie blooming heather.
While thus we lay fhe fang a fang,
Till echo rang a mile and farther,
And ay the burden o' the fang
Was, o'er the moor amang the heather.
Cho? O'er the moor &c.
O'er the moor &c.
And ay the burden o' the fang
Was, o'er the moor amang the heather.
She chann'd my heart, and ay finfyne
I could na think on ony ither:
By fea and fkyi fhe fhail be mine!
The bonie lafs amang the heather.
Cho? O'er the moor &c.
O'er the moor &c.
By fea and.lky! fhe'fhall be mine!
The bonie lafs amang the heather. ,
-' ' . ^ SenlibilitT how charming
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Telling o'er his little joys:
Haplefs bird! a prey the fureft
To each pirate of the fkies.
'.Si Dearly bought the hidden trcaf ire,
Finer Feelinzs can beftow:
Chords that vibrate fweeteft bkafirre,
Thrill the- decpeft notes of umt. .&;
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See on thy lovely faulded form
Glad Fha&bus finiles wi' cheiaring eye,
While on thy head the dewy morn
Has fhed the tears o' filent joy.
The tuneful tribes frae yonder bower
Wi' fangs of* joy thy prefence hail,
Then hafte thou bawmy fragrant flower
, And gie thy bofbm to the gale.
And ffee the fair induftrious Bee,
With airy wheel and foothing hum,
Flies ceafelefs round thy parent tree,
While gentle breezes trembling come.
If ruthlefs Li/a pafs this way,
She'll pou thee frae thy thorny ftem;
A while thou'lt grace her Virgin breaft
But foon thou'lt fade vny bonny gem.
Ah fhort, too fhort, thy rural reign,
And yield to fate alas thou muft.
Bright emblem of the Virgin train,
Thou blooms alas, to mix wi' duft.
Sae bonny Liza hence may learn,
Wi' every youthfu' maiden gay,
That Beauty like the fimmers rofe
In time fhall wither and decay.
Yon wild mofsj mountains.
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To me hae the charms o' yon wild, mofsy moors;
For there, by a lanely, fequeftred ftream,
Refides a fweet Lafsie, my thought and my dream.
Amangthae wild mountains fhaii ftill be my path,
Ilk ftream foaming down its ain greeny narrow ftrath,
For there, wi' my Lafsie, the day- lang T rove,
While o'er us unheeded, flie the fwift hours o Love.
She is not the faireft, altho' fhe is fair;
O' nice education but fma' ig her {hare;
Her parentage humble as humble can be;
But I loe tie dear Lafsie becaufe fhe loes me.
To Beauty what man- but maun yield him a pri/e.
In her armour of glances, and blufhes, and fighs;
And when WTit and Refinement hae polifh'd her darts,
They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts.
But Kindnefs, fweet Kindnefs, in the fond-fparkling e'e,
Has luftre outfhining the diamond to me;
And the heart beating love as I'm clafp'd in her arms,
O, thefe are my Lafsie's all -conquering charms.
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My bonie laddie, Highland laddie,
Breaking- fticks to roaft the Duke,
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My bonie laddie, Highland laddie,
The bloody ironfter gae a yell,
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie,
And loud the laugh gaed round a' helll
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie.
It is mt J< ■ :* n , thv bonie f:;ce,
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Nae mair ungen rous wifh T hae,
Nor ftronger in my breaft.
Than, if I carina male thee fae.
At leaft to fee thee bleft.
Content am !, if Heaven fhall g^
But happinefs to thee:
And as wi thee Icl wifh to live.
For thee I'd bear I i • J
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Hey Donald &c.
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The foft declaration /till founds in my ear;
My image, he laid, on his foul was imprefs'd,
And faithful his flame, as his heart was finctre.
His wifhes tho' fond, I as fondly repaid,
For ohi a warm heart it is eafy to gain,
Which kind profefsions already perfuade,
Our pleafure was mutual and mutual our pain.
Still fortune relentlefs our union denied,
In queft cf more treafure to India he went,
But there, haplefs youth, to my forrovr he died,
And left me for ever his fate to laua«nt.
Gay hopes and delightful prefages adieu,
Adieu ye foft *\hifpers of tender defire;
From thee my dear fWain thefe emotions firft grew,
In deep difappointment with thee they eVpire,
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What fays fhe, my dearie, my Eppie M? Nab.
She lets fhee to wit, that fhe has thee forgot,
And for ever difonns thee, her ain Jock Rab.
O had I ne'er fetn thue, my Eppie M? Nab!
O had I ne'er feen th»,e, my Eppie M? Nabl
As light as the air, :<<d faufe as thous fair,
Thoii^s b.oktn the h^art o' thy ain Jock H b.
Wha is that at my bovver door
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Let me in, quo' Findlay;
Ye'll keep me w-aukin wi your din;
Indeed will I, quo Findlay.
In my bower if ye fhould ftay,
Let me ftay, quo' Findlay;
I fear ye'll bide till break o' day;
Indeed will I, quo' Findlay.
Here this ni^ht if ye remain,
I'll remain, quo* Findlay;
I dread ye'll learn the~gate atrain;
Indeed will I, quo' Findlay.
What may pafs within this bower,
Let it pafs, quo' Findlay;
Ye maun conceal till jour laft hour!
, Indeed will 1, quo' Findlay.
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That ftaw that heart o thine, Mary;
True love I'm fure was ne'er his end,
Or nae fie love as mine, Mary.
I fpake fmcere nor flatter'd much.
Nae fdfifh thoughts in me, Mary,
Ambition, wealth, nor nabthirig fuch;
No I lov'd only thee, Mary-.
Tho' you've been falfe yet while I live,
I'll lo'e nae maid but thee, Mary,
Let- friend s forget, as I forgive !
Thy -wrangs to them and me, Mary.
•So then farewceliof this be fure,
•Since you ve been falfe to me, Mary:
For a' the world T'd not endure,
Half what I ve done for thee, Mary.
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Tho' boundlefs oceans rollcl between,
If certain that his heart is near,
A confcious tranfport glads each fcene,
Soft is the figh, and fweet the tear.
Even when by Death's cold hand remove!
We mourn the tenant of the tomb;
Ta think that even in death he lov'd,
Can gild the horrors of the gloom.
But bitter, bitter are the tears,
Of her who flighted love bewails;
No hope her dreary profpect chears,
No pleafing melancholy hails.
Hers are the pangs of woutided pride,
Of blafted hope, of wither'd joy:
The prop fhe lean'd on piere'd her fide,
The flame fhe fed, burns to deftroy.
Even confcious virtue cannot cure
The pangs to every feeling due:
Ungenerous youthi thy boaft how poor,
To fteal a heart, and break it tool
,Tn vain does memory renew,
The hours once tingd in tranfports dye;
The fad reverfe foon ftarts to view,
And turns the thought to agony.
No cold approach, no alter d mien,
Juft what would make fiifpicion ftart;
No paufe the dire extremes between,
He made me bleft _ and broke my heart.
From hope, the wretched s anchor torn,
Neglected, and neglecting all,
Friendlefs, forfaken, and forlorn,
The tears I fhed muft ever fall.
The bonny wee tlnnq.
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Wit, and Grace, and Love, and Beauty,
Fn ae confteJlation fhine;
To adore theie is my duty,
Goddefs o' this foul o' mine!
Bonie wee Mc.
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Hovs Wife of Alldivaloch.
She vowd fhe (Wore fhe wad be mine She faid that fhe loed me beft of
Da Capo
O She was a can ty quean, Pier hair foe fair, her e'en fae cleai
And we'll cou'd fhe dance the highland waIloch,Her wee bit mou^fo fweet and bonny
How happy I, had fhe been mine To me fhe ever will be dear
Or I'd been Roy of Alldivaloch Tho'fhe's forever left her Johnie
Roys wife &c. Roys wife &c.
Lady RandolpKs Complaint.
Tune, Earl Douglas's Lament
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With tranfport this day, ray fond heart overflow'd,
When keenly indulging the pleafing prefage,
How warm with maternal affection, it glow'd,
Midft an offspring of thine whilft I hop'd for old age!
Whofe prattle endearing, and innocent play
To me might the lofs of thy childhood atone;
Thofe actions, the fame of your houfe might difplay,
Adornd with a hu (band's dear name, and thy own.
Thy gallant deportment, thy exquifite bloom,
Which mercilefs foes might, with rapture, admire,
With them my dear hopes are all quench'd in the tomb,
With thee they were born, and with thee they expire.
In conjugal union how Ihort my delight!
In a mothers high rank how much Qiorter my boaft!
With planets malignant, no more let me fight,
No longer in life* cruel tempeft be toft!
Forgive, gracious powers, in compafsionmy ftate,
Whilft by forrow compelld, with reluctance I fti/L
The only fweet moment referved me by fate,
The moment which renders me juft what I pleafe.
My Douglas, my darling, my glory, toy pride!
How happy was I but to name- thee try fonl
For thee would to heaven a fond mother had died,
•Since living without thee, is living undone.
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Come here's to the nymph that I love.
Tune, Auld Sir Symon the King
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With every gay blooming defire,
My blOod with brifk ardour is glowing,
Soft pleafures my bofom infpire.
My foul now to love is diffolving,
Oh fate! had I here my fair charmer,
I'd iJafp her,_1'd clafp her fo eager,
Of all her difdain I'd difarm her.
But hold, what has love to do here,
With his troops of vain cares in array.
A _vaunt, idle penfive intruder,-
He triumphs, he will not away,
I'll drown him, come give me a bumper
Young Cupid, here's to thy confufion_
Now, now he's departing, he's vanquifh'd,
Adieu to his anxious delufion.
Come jolly god Bacchus, heres to" thee;
Huzza, bo\s, hu//a bo\s, hu//a;
Sing I o, fing f o to Bacchus —
Hence all ye dull thinkers, withdraw.
Come, what fhould we do but be jovial.
Come tune up our voices and fing;
What foul is fo dull to be heavy,
When wine fets our fancies on wing.
Come,Pegalu8 lies in this bottle,
He'll mount us, he'll mount us on high,
Each of us a gallant young Perfeus,
Sublime we'll afcend to the fky.
Come mount or adiey I arife,
In feas of wide aether I'm drown'd;
The clouds far beneath me are failing,
I fee the fpheres whirling around.
What darknefs, what rattling is this.
Thro' Chaos' dark regions I m hurlcl,
And now,_0 my head it is fcnockd
Upon fome confounded new world.
Now, now thefe dark fhades are retiring,
See yonder bright blazes a ftar;
Where am l! behold the Empyreuin,
With flaming light ftreaming from far.
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His bonnet he,
A thought ajee
Cock'd fprufh when firft heclafp'd me;
And I, I wat,
Wi' fainnefsgrat,
While in his grips he piefe'j me
. De'il tak the war!
I late and air
Hae wifhd fince Jock departed
But now as glad
I'm wi' my lad,
A3 fhortfyne broken hearted.
Fu aft at e'en
Wi' dancing keen,
When a' were blyth and merry
I cardna by,
Sae fad was I
In abfence o' my deary
But praife be bleft,
My mind 8 at reft,
I m happy wi' my Johnny,
At kirk and fair,
I'fe ay be there;
And be as canty's ony.
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My fkin it is as foft -O, Great bags of Chining gold_0,
As them that fattin weeds do wear, Like them whofe daughters now a days
And carry their heads aloft-O. Like fwine are bought and fold-O;
What tho' I keep my fathers fheep. Yet my fair body it fhall keep
The thing that muft be done _0, An honeft heart within -O,
With garlands of the fineft flow'rs And for twice fifty thoufand crowns
To {hade me frae the fun_0. I value not a pin_Or
When they are feeding pleafantly, I ufe nae gums upon my hair,
Where grafs and flowers do fpringX), Nor chains about my neck _0,
Then on a flowry bank at noon, Nor {hining rings upon my hands,
1 fet me down and fing_0 My fingers ftraight to deck -O
My Paiiley piggy corkd with fage,
Contains my drink but thin _0.
No wines do e'er my brain enrage,
Or tempt my mind to Cm _0.
But for that lad to me fhall fa',
And I have grace to wed_Of
I'll keep a jewel worth them a*,
I mean my maidenhead -O.
My country curds and wooden fpoon Tf canny Fortune give to me
I think them unco fine -O, The man I dearly love _0,
And on a flowery bank at noon Tho' we want gear I dinna care,
I fet me down and dine -O. My hands I can improve -O.
Expecting for a blefsing ftill
Defcending from above _Of
Then we'll embrace and fweetly kifs,
Repeating tales of love_0. % x
Geordie
An old Ballad.
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Same Tune.
There was a battle in the north.
And nobles there was many.
And they hae kill'd Sir Charlie Hay,
And they laid the wyte on Geordie.
O he has written a lang letter,
He fent it to his lady;
Ye maun cum up to Enbrugh town
To fee what words o Geordie.
When firft fhe lookd the letter on,
She was baith red and rofy;
But fhe had na read a word but twa,
Till fhe wallow't like a lily.
Gar get to me my gude grey fteed,
My inen/ie a' gae wi me;
For I fhall neither eat nor drink,
Till Enbrugh town fhall fee me.
O fhe 8 down on her bended knee,
I wat fhe 8 pale and weary,
0 pardon, pardon, noble king,
And gie me back my Dearie!
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1 hae born feven fons to my Geordie
The feventh ne'er faw hi8 dadd;t:
O pardon, pardon, noble king,
Pity a waefu' ladyl
Gar bid the headin-man mak ha fie.
Our king reply 'd fu lordly:
O noble king, tak a that's mine,
But gie me back my Geordie.
V.ran,
The Gordons cam and the Gordons -
And they were ftark and fteady;
And ay the word amang them a'
Was, Gordons keep you ready.
And fhe has mountit her gude grey
Her men/.ie a gaed wi her;
And fhe did neither eat nor drink
Till Enbrugh town did fee her.
And firft appear 'd the fatal block,
And fyne the aix to "head him;
And Geordie cumin down the ftair,
And bands o aim upon him .
fteed, An aged lord at the kings right tomd
Says noble king, but hear me;
Gar her tell down five thoufand pound
And gie her back htr Dearie.
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Some gae her marks fomegae hercro-
Some gae her dollars many; /- ,
And fhe's tell'd down five thoufand po -
And fhes gotten again her Deat i«.
But tho he was chain d in fetters ftrang.She blinkit blythe in her Geordie'sfece,
O aim and fteel fae heavy, Says, dear I've bought thee,Geordie:
There was na ane in a the court, But there fud been bluidybouks on the
Sae bra' a man as Geordie. Or I had tint my laddie. /'green,
He clafpit her by the middle fma',
And he kift her lips fae rofy:
■■'■'*' '• The faireft flower" o woman-kind
Is my fweet, bonie Ladyl
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Naething could refift my Nancy:
But to fee her, was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd fae kindly,
Had we never lov'd fae blindly,
Never met _ or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Fare thee weel, thou firft and fairefti
Fare thee weel, thou beft and dearefti
Thine be ilka joy and treafure,
Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleafurei
Ae fond kifs, and then we fever;
Ae fareweel, Alas! for ever!-
Deep in heart-wrung tears V\i pledge theej
Warring fighs and groans I'll wage thee.
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Tune, Hinn in eudial mo mhealladh. A Gaelic Air.
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I could na get fleepin till dawin, for greetin;
The tears trick I'd down like the hail and the rain:
Had F na got greetm, my heart *vad a broken,
For oh.luve forfaken's a tormenting pain!
Weel fince he has >tc.
Although he has left me for greed o* the filler,
F dinna envy him the gains he can «*in:
I rather *a<J bear a the lade o n.\ forrow,
Than <\er hae acttd fae fafthtefs to him.
W< <. I firre he has \.. .
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Lovely Duvies.
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Her fmiles a gift frae boon the lift,
That maks us mair than princes;
A fcepter'd hand, a kings command,
Is in her darting glances: .
The man in arms gainft female charms,
Even he her willing flave is;
He hugs his chain, and owns the reign
Of conquering lovely Davies.
My Mufe to dream of fuch a theme,
Her feeble powers furrender;
The eagle's ga/e alone furveys
The fun's meridian fplendor:
1 wad in vain ef'say the ftrain,
The deed too daring bra\e is;
I'll drap t ho lyre, and mute, admire,
The charms o' lovely Davies.
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think my wife will end her life, Before fbe fpin her tow
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Re) out the ingle low;
And ay fhe took the tither louk,
To droirk the ftourie tow'.
The weary &c.
Quoth I, for fhaine, ye dirty, dame,
Qae fpin your tap o tow!
1*1 e took the rock, and wi' a knock,
She brak it o er my pow.
The weary &c.
At lajgt her feet, I fang to fte't,
)remoft o'er the kr.owe;
or T wad anither jad,
I-'l I wallop in a tow.
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The Plover loes the mountains;
The Woodcock haunts the lanely dells;
The (baring Hern the fountains:
Thro' lofty groves the Cufhat roves,
The path o' Man to fhun it;
The ha/el bufh o'erhangs the Thrufh,
The fpreading thorn the Linnet.
But Peggy dear the evenings clear.
Thick flies the fkimming fwallow;
The fky is blue the fields in view
All fading-green and yellow:
Come let us ftray our gladfbme way,
And view the charms q Nature,
The ruftling corn, the fruited thorn.
And ilka happy creature.
Thus every kind their pleafure find, We'll gently walk, and fweetly talk,
The favage and the tender; While the filent moon fhines clearly,
Some, focial join»and leagues combine, I'll clafp thy waift, and fondly preft.
Some folitary wander: Swear. how 1 lo'e thee dearly i
A vaunt, away! the cruel fway, Not vernal fhowers to budding flov\L ?
Tyrannic Man's dominion; Not Autumn to the Farmer,
The Sportsmans joy, the murdering cry, So dear can be as thou to me,
The fluttering gory pinion. My fair my lovely Charmer .
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I'll be flave to naebody;
I hae a gude braid fword,
I'll tak dunts frae naebody.
I'll be merry and free,
I'll be fad for naebody;
Naebody cares for me,
I care for naebody.
When flie cam ben fhe bobbed.
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And was na Cockpen right faucy witha,
And was na Cockpen right faucy witha',
In leaving the dochter of a lord,
And kifsin a Collier lafsie an a'.
O never look down, my lafsie at a,
O never look down, my lafsie at a',-
Thy lips are as fweet and thy figure compleat,
As the fineft dame in caftle or ha'.
Tho' thou has nae filk and holland fae fma,
Tho' thou has nae filk and holland fae fma,
Thy coat and thy fark are thy ain handy * ark
And Lady Jean was never fae braw.
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VVas left me by my Auntie, Tam;
At kith or kin I need na fpier,
An I faw ane and twentyTam.
An O, for &c.
They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof,
Tho' T myfel hae plenty, Tam;
But hearft thou, laddie, there's my loof,
I'm thine at ane and twenty, Tam.
An O, for &c .
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The Elliots and Armftrangs did convene; May T find grace, my fovereign liege,
They were a gallant compame:
We'll ryde and meit our lawful king,
And bring him fafe Gilnockie.
Make kinnen and capon ready then,
And venifon in great plentie;
We 11 welcum hame our royal king,
I hope he'll dyne at Gilnockie.
They ran their horfe on the f angumholm
And brake their fpeirs with meikle main;
The Ladies lukit frae their lofty windows
God bring our men weil back ae;ain.
Quhen Johnie came before the King,
With all his men fae brave to fee,
The King he movit his bonnet to him,
He weind he was king as well as he.
Grace for my loyal men and me,
For my name it is Johnie Armftrang,
And fubjecl,of /ours, my Liege, fud he.
Away, away, thou tray tor ftrang,
Out of my ficht thou mayft fine be,
1 grantit nevir a tray tors lyfe,
And now I'll not begin with the « .
-Grant me my lyfe, my Liege, my Kin^,
And a bonny gift I will gi' to thee,
Full four-and-t>\«nty milk-why t fteids,
Were a foald in a /eir to me,
I'll gie thee all thefe milk why t fields,
That pranc and nicher at a fpe.tr,
"With as meikle gude Inglis gill .
As four of their braid backs dow be:r.
Away, away, thou tr*\ tor, fec'&c&C'.
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My Billie he was at the mofs, and no ane near our fport to ipill,
The feint a Body was therein there was nae fear of being fcen,
Hey, how, my Johnie lad,ye're no fae kindsye fud hae been.
Wad om lad wjha lo'ed her weel, hae left his bonny lafs her lane,
To light and greet ilk langfome hour, and think her fweeteft minutes gane,
O, had ye been a wooer leal, we fhu'd hae met wi' hearts mair keen, • i
Hey how ray. Johnie lad,ye're no fae kinds ye fud hae been.
But I maun hae anither joe, whale love gangs never out o mind,
And winna let the moment pafs,whan to a lafs he can be kind,
Then gang your wa's to blinken Befs, nae mair for Johnie fhall fhe green,
Hey,how, my Johnie lad.ye're no fae kinds ye fud hae been.
LoL'ie o' Buohan.
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An' think na lang, lafsie, tho' I be awa;
The fimmer is come and the winter's awa,
And I'll come and fee thee in fpite o' tbem a'.
O ''Sandy has owfen, and filler, and kye,
A houfe and a haddin, and a' things forbye,
But I wad hae Jamie wi' s bonnet in's hand,
Before I'd hae Sandy wi' houfes and land.
("The Q. verfe fung here^) O tkink na lang,&c.
My daddie was fulkie, my minnie was four,
They gloom'd on my Jamie becaufe he was poor;
But daddie and minnie altho' that they be,
1 here's nane o' them a' like my Jamie to me.
{The 2. verfe fung hejcg,") O think na lang,&c.
I'll fit*on my funkie and fpin at my wheel,
And fing o' my Jamie wha loes me fae weel;
He took a white faxpence aud brak it in twa, '
And gae me the hauf o't when he gaed awa.
Sayin, think upon't lafsie when I am awa,
An' think upon't lafsie when I art awa:
The fimmer is come, and the winters awa.
And I'll come and feu thee in fpite o' tfiejn a'.
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Here s Kenmures health in wine, Willie,
Here's Kenmure's health in wine,
There ne'er was a coward o Kenmure s blude,
Nor yet o Gordons Line
O Kenmure s lads are men, Willie,
O Kenmure's lads are men,
Their hearts and fwords are metal true,
And that their faes fhall ken
They'll live, or die wi' fame, Willie,
They'll live, or die wi' fame, •
But foon wi' founding victorie
May Kenmures Lord come hame
Here's Him thats far awa, Willie,
Here's Him that's far awa,
And here s the flower that I lo'e belt,
The rofe that's like the fnaw
Befs and her Spinning Wheel.
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On ilka hand the burnies trot,
And meet below my theekit cot;
The fcented birk and hawthorn white
Acrofs the pool their arms unite,
Alike to fcreen the birdie's neft,
And little fifhes callen reft:
The fun blinks kindly in the biel^
Where, blythe I turn my fpinnin wheel.
On lofty aiks the cufhats wail,
And Echo cons the doolfu' tale;
The lintwhites in the ha/el braes,
Delighted, rival ithers lays:
The craik amang the claver hay,
The pairtrick whirrin o er the ley,
The fwallow Jinkin round my fhiel,
Amufe me at my fpinnin wheel.
Wi' fma' to fell, and lefs to buy,
Aboon diftrefs, below envy,
O wha wad leave this humble .ftate,
For a' the pride of a the great?
Amid their flairing, idle toys,
Amid their cumbrous, diiifomc jo\-R.
Can they the peace and pl< .dure f < < 1
Of Befsy at her fpinnin wh<eli
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See you not pn hills and dales And embrace my Collier laddie.
; The fun fhines on fae Draw lie i I wad turn &c.
They; a' are mine and they (hall be thine,
Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie. I can win my five pennies in a day,
They a' are &c.
And- fpen't at night fu' brawlie:
And make my bed in the Colliers neuk, .
And lie down wi' my Collier laddie, i
And make my bed &c .
Ye fhall gang in gay attire,
Weel bufkit up fae gaudy;
And ane to wait on every hand,
Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie. Loove for loove is the bargain for me,
Tho' the wee Cot_houfe fhould haud mjj
And the warld before me to win my breaj
And fair fa' my Collier laddie.
And the warld before me to win my breaf
And fair fa* my Collier laddie.
And ane to wait &c.
Tho' ye had a' the fun fhines on,
And the earth conceals fae lowly;
I wad turn my back on you and it a,
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Ye's get a panfu' o' plumpin parridge,
Gin yell come hame again een, jo!
Ha, ha, how! that 8 naething that dow,
F winna come hame, I canna come hame;
Ha, ha, howl that's naething that dow,
I winna come hame gin een jo.
The Shephersd's wife&c.
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A reekin fat hen, wee I fryth'd i' the pan,
Gin ye'll come hame, gin ye'll come hame,
A reekin fat hen weel fryth'd i'the pan,
Gin ye'li come hame again een jo
Ha, ha, howl &c.
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The Shepherds wife &c.
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A weel made bed and a pair o clean _
Gin ye'll come hame, gin ye'll come hauif
A weel made bed & a pair o' clean fheets,
Gin ye'll come hame again een jo.
Ha, ha, how! fcc.
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The fhepherd s wife &c .
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A luving wife in lily white linens,
Gin ye'll come hame, gin ye'll come harm
A luving wife in lily white linens.
Gin ye'll come hame again een, jo.
Ha ha how! that's fomething that dow
I will come hame, I will come hame;
Ha ha how! that's fomething that dow
I will come hame again een jo .
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Is that my father Philip.
Or is't my brother John.
Or is't my true love Willie
From Scotland new come home.
'lis not thy father Philip,
Nor yet thy brother John;
But 'tis thy true love Willie,
From Scotland new come home.
O fweet Marg'reti O dear Marg'reti
I pray thee fpeak to me,
Give me my faith and troth, Marg'reti
As 1 gave it to thee.
Thy faith and troth thous never get,
We twa will never twin,
Till that thou come within my bower,
And kifs my cheek and chin.
If 1 fhould ccir.e within thy bower,
I am rn earirl; man;
And fhould 1 k'fs thy rofy lips, ,
Thy davs would not be lang.
O fweet Mart; retl O dear M.arg'reti
I pray thee fpeak to me;
Give me ir.v Calth and troth, Marg'reti
\h I ga\e it to thee.
Thy faith and troth thous never get,
We twj will never twin,
Til you take me to y on kirk -yard.
And wed me with a ring.
V; bones are buried in } on kirk-yard,
AlVir bevond the fea;
And it is but my fprit, Marg'ret,
That's now fpeaking to thee.
She ftretched out her lily-white hand,
And for to do her beft;
Hae, there's your faith and troth,Willie; j
God fend your faul good reft!
Now fhe has kilted her robes of green J
A piece below her knee,
And a' the live- lang winter- night
The dead corpfe follow 'd fhe.
la there any room at your head, Willie, j
Or any room at your feet,
Or any room at your fide, Willie,
Wherein that I may creep.
There's no room at my head, Marg ret,
There s no room at mv feet,
There's no room at my fide, Marg ret, I
My coffin's made fo meet.
Then up and crew the red cock,
And up then crew the gray,
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1 That you were going away.
No more the ghoft to Marg'ret faid,
But, with a grievous groan,
Evanifh'd in a cloud of mift,
And left her all alone.
O ftay, my only true-love, ft ay,
The conftant Marg'ret cry'd;
Wan grew her cheeks, fhe clos'd her een,
Stretch'd her foft limbs, and dy'd .
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And angry tetrpcfts gather;
The happy hour may foon bt near
That brings us plcafant weather-
The weary night o' care and ?rief
Ma) hat- a joy f u morrow,
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Fu' fnell out o'er the moor, O; As thro' the hills they foor, O,
"Rife up, rife up, auld Luckie,' he fays, They airted by the line o' light
"Rife up and hjar the door, O'. Fu' ftraught to Johnie Blunts door.d
They made a paction tween them twa, They haurld auld Luckie out o her beq
They made it firm and fure; O, And laid her on the floor, O;
Whae'er fud fpeak the foremof* word, But never a word auld Luckie wad fay,
•Should rife and bar the door, O. For barrin o' the door, O.
. Ye've eaten my bread, ye hae druken my ale,
"And ye'll mak toy auld wife a whore, O, *
A ha, Johnie Blunt! ye hae fpoke the firft word,
Get up and bar the door, O.
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And lafs'fc >e're but young ye ken;
Then wait a wee, and canie wale,
A routhie butt, a routhie ben:
There's Johnie o the Bufkie glen,
Fu' is his barn, fu' is his byre;
Tak this frae me, my bonie hen,
It's plenty beets the luver's fire.
For Johnie o' the Bufkie_glen,
1 dinna care a fingle flie;
He loes fae weel his craps and kye,
Ife has nae loove to fpare for me:
But b Mho's the blink o Robie's e'e,
And weel I wat he loes me dear;
A«fblink o' him I wad na gie
For Bufkie-glen and a* his gear.
O thoughtlefs lafsie, life's a faught,
The cannieft gate, the ftrife is fair;
But ay fulhant is fechtin beft,
A hungry cares an unco care:
But 'Tom e will fpend,and fome willfpjm
An wilfu'folk maun hae their will;
Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair,
Keep mind that ye maun drink the _
O gear will buy me rigs o land,
And gear will buy me fheep and kye;
But the tender heart o Jiefome loove,
The gowd and filler ennna buy:
We may be poor, Hobie and I,
Liyht is the harden Loove Las on;
Content an. I I.(..jV bringfnpeace ffe joy,
Whnt u, air h.if Queens upon a throne
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The offence is loving thee:
Canft thou wreck his peace for ever,
Wha for thine wad gladly die!
While the life beats in my bofom,
Thou (halt mix in ilka throe:
Turn again, ihou lovely maiden,
At- fwcet fmile on me beftow.
Not the bee upon the blofsom,
fn the pride o finny noon;
Not the little fporting fairy,
All beneath the fimmer moon;
Not the Poet in the- moment
Fancy lightens in his e'e,
Kens the pleafure, feels the rapture',
That thy prefeace gita to me.
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The offence is luving thee:
Can thou wreck his peace for ever,
Wha for thine wad gladly die!
O, while the life beats in my bofom,
Thou fhalt mix in ilka throel
Turn again, thou lovely maiden,
Ae fweet fmile on me beftow.
Not the bee upon the blofiom,
In the pride o finny noon;
Not the little fporting fairy,
All beneith the fimmer moon:
Not the Poet, in the moment
Fancy lightens in his e'e;
Kens the pleafure, feels the rapture,
That thv prefrnce gita to me.
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. With durk and piftol by his fide, Ira come your doughter s love to win,
He prick d her on wi'meikle pride, I carena for making meiklu din;
Wi'meikle mirth and glee. - What anfwer gi' ye me?
Out o'er yon mofs, out o'er yon muir, Now, wooer, quoth he, will ye come in,
Till he came to her Dady's door. I'll gie ye my doughters love to win,
With a fal, dal, fee. With a fal, dal, fee.
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Now, wooer, fin' ye are lighted down,
Where do ye won, or in what town.
I think ray doughter winna gloom,
On fie a lad as ye.
The wooer he ftep'd up the houfe.
Your doughter wad na fay me na,
But to yourfell fhe'as left it a'.
As we cou'd gree between as twa;
Say, what'Il ye gie me wi' her.
Now, wooer, quo' he, I hae na meikle,
Arid wow but he was wondrous croufe, But ficks 1 hae, ye's get a pickle,
With a fal,dal, fee. With a fal, dal, fee.
I have three owfen in a pleugh, A kilnfu' of corn I'll gie to thee,
Twa gude gaun yades,and gear enough. Three foums of fheep,twa good milkkv. .
The place they ca' it Cadeneugh;
I fcorn to tell a lie:
Befide8, I hae frae the great laird,
A peat-pat, and a lang kail-yard
With a fal, dal, fee.
Ye's hae the wadding dinner free; ,
Troth I dow do nae mair.
Content, quo* he, a bargain be' t,
I'm far frae hame, mak hafte, let's greet,
With a fal, dal, fee.
The maid put on her kirtle brown,
She was the braweft in a' the town;
I wat on him fhe did na gloom,
But blinkit bonnilie.
The lover he ftended up in hafte,
And gript her hard about the wafte,
With a fal, dal, fee.
The bridal-day it came to pafp,
Wi'mony a blythfome lad and lafs;
But ficken a day there never was,
Sick mirth was never feen.
This winfome couple ftraked hands,
Mefs John ty'd up the marriage-bands.
With a fal, dal, fee.
To win your love, maid, I'm come here, And our bride's maidens were na few,
I'm young, and hae enough o'gear; Wi' tap-knots, lug-knots, a' in bier..
And for myfell you need na fear, Frae tap to tae they were bra' new,
Troth try me whan you like. And blinkit bonnilie.
He took aff his bonnet,& fpat in his chow.Their toys and mutches were fae o/e.ir.
He dighted his gab, and he prie'd her mou' They glanced in our Udfes' een,
With a fal, dal, fee. With a fal,dal.fee.
The maiden blufhd and bing'd fu law.
She had na will to fay him na,
But to her daddy fhe left it a',
As they twa cou'd agree.
The lover he ga'e her the tither kifs,
Sick hirdum,dirdum, and Ink din,
Wi' he o'er her, and £he o'er him;
The minftrels they did never blin,
Wi' meikle mirth and glee.
And ay they bobit, and u\ thty beck. I
Syne ran to her daddy,fe tell'd him this, And ay their wames together met,
With a fal, dal, fee. With r, f;l,dal,*c.
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And he flang't as far as I could fee, And theywere a' clad out in green,
Though I had been a Wallace wight, Though the King of Scotland had been theraj
The warft o' them might ha been his queer
I coudna liften't to my knee.
O wee wee many* but thou be ftrong,
O tell me where thy dwelling be.
My dwellings down at yon bonny bower,
O will you go with me and fee.
On We lap and awa we rade,
Till we came to yon bonny ha',
Where the roof was o' the beaten gould,
And the floor was o the cryftal a'.
When we came to the ftair foot,
Ladies were dancing jimp and fma,
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On we lap and awa we rade,
-Till we came to yon bonny green;
We 'lighted down for to bait our horfe, But in the twinkling of an eye,
And out there came a lady fine. My wee wee man was clean awa'
'■M Shathmgrtt, in old Scotifh, means the fift. clofed with the thumb extended.
Ye Jacobites by Name.
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What is Right, and what is Wrang, «by the law, by the law:
What is Right, and what is Wrang, by the law?
What is Right, and what is Wrang?
A fhort fword, and a lang,
A weak arm, and a ftrang
For to draw.
What makes heroic ftrife, fam'd a far, fam'd a far?
What makes heroic ftrife, fam'd a far?
What makes heroic ftrife?
To whet th afsafsin's knife,
Or hunt a Parents life
Wi' bludie war.
Then let your fchemes alone, in the ftate, in the ftate,
Then let your fchemes alone, in the ftate,
Then let your fchemes alone,
Adore the rifing fun,
And leave a man undone
To his fate.
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He never was known for to idle or lurk;
With his flail on his back and his bottle of beer,
As happy as thofe that have thoufands a year.
In fummer he toil'd thro' the faint, fultry heat;
Alike in the winter, the cotd, and the weet:
So blythe and fo merry he'd whiftle and fing
As canty as ever a bird in the Spring
One evening this 'Nobleman, taking his walk,
Did meet the poor Threfher and freely did talk;
And many a queftion he afk'd him at large, .
And ftill his difconrfe was concerning his charge.
You'have many children I very well know,
Your labor is hard and your wages are low.
And yet you are chearful, I pray tell me how
That you do maintain them fo wqll as you do. "
I moil, and I toil, and 1 harrow and plough,
And fomerimea a hedging and ditching I go;
No v\ork comes me wrong for 1 (hear and I mow,
And thus earn my bread by the fweat of my brow.
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My wife fhe is willing to draw in the yoke,
We live like two lambs and we feldom provoke;
Each one loves the other, we join with the ant.
And do our endeavour to keep us from want.
I moil and I toil and I labor all day,
At night I do bring my full wages away:
What tho' it be pofsible we do live poor,
We ftill keep the ravening wolf from the door.
And when 1 come home from my labor at night
To my wife and children in whom 1 delight,
To fee them come round me with prattling noife,
O, thefe are the pleafures the poor man enjoys.
Tho' I am as weary as weary can be,
The youngeft ay chiefly does dance on my knee;
I find that contentments an abfolute feaft,
And I never repine at my lot in the leaft.
Th» Nobleman hearing him what he did fay,
Invited him home to dine with him next day;
His wife and his children he charg'd him to bring,
And in token of favor he gave him a ring.
He thanked his Lordfhip and taking his leave
Went home to his wife who fcarce could believe,
Thinking the ftory himfelf he did raife,
But feeing the ring, then fhe ftood in arha/e.
Early next morning the goodwife arofe,
And drefsed them all in the beft of their clothr.s
There was he, and his wife, and his fevcn children finall,
They all went to dine at the Nobleman's hall.
The dinner being ended, he then let them know;,
What he intended on them to beftow;
A farm of full forty good acres of land
He gave him the rights of it all in his hand.
Becaufe thou art loving and kind to thy wife,
I'll make thy days eafy the reft of thy life;
I give it for ever to thee and thy heirs,
So hold thy induftry with diligent cares.
No tongue then was able their joy to exprefs.
Their tokens of love, and their true thankful'nefs;
And many a low humble bow to thr ground:
But fuch Noblemen there's but few to b'- found.
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And a' to be a pofie to my ain dear May.
I'll pu' the budding rofe when Phebus peeps
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For it's like a baumy kifs o' her fweet, bonie mou;
The hyacinth's for conftancy wi'its unchanging blue,
And a' to be a pofie to my ain dear May.
The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair,
And in her lovely bofbm I'll place the lily there;
The daily's for fimplicity and unaffected air,
And a' to be a pofie to my ain dear May.
The hawthorn I will pu, wi' it's locks o' filler grey.
Where like an aged man it ftands at break o day,
But the fongfter's neft within the bufh I winna tak away;
And a' to- be a pofie to my -ain dear May.
The woodbine I. will pu' when the e'ening ftar is near,
And the diamond draps o' dew fhall be her een fae clear;
The violet's for modefty which weel fhe fa's to wear,
And a* to be a pofie to my ain dear May.
I'll tie the pofie round wi' the filken band o luve,
And I'll place it in her breaft, and 1*11 fwear by a' abuve
That to my lateft draught o' life the band fhall ne'er remuve,
And this will be a pofie to my ain dear May. ~
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And ilka bird fang o' its luve, ,
And fondly fae did I o mine.
Wi' lightfome heart I pud a rofe,
FiT fweet upon its thorny tree;
And ny fiufe luver ftiw my roft;,
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And mony a day ye've danc'd, 1 ween, Come in, auld Carl! I'll fteer my fire,
To lilts which frae my drone I blew. I'll male it blee-re a bonie flame;
My Eppie wak'd,and foon fhe cry'd, Your blude is thin, ye've tint the gate,
Get up, Guidman, and let him in; Ye fhould na ftray fae far frae hame.
For weel ye ken th« winter night
Was fhort when he began his din. Nae hame have I, the Minftrel faid,
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A whilkin beard about her moti,
Her nofe and chin they threaten ithtr;
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I wad na gie a button for her".
She's bow_hoiigh'd, /he's hem fhin'd,
Ae limpin leg a hand breed fhorter;
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To balance fair in ilka quarter:
She has a hump upon her bn_ait,
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Auld baudrans bylhe ingle fits,
An wi* her loof her facets walhin
Rut Willie's wife is nae, fat trig,
She dights her grun/ie wi a hulhio
Her walie nieVes like, midden -creels,
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We'll few a green ribban round about his hat.
And thut will let them ken he's to marry yet.
Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew,
Sweet was its fmell and bonie was its hue,
And the langer it blofsom'd, the fweeter it grew,
For the. lily in the bud will be bonier yet.
Young Charlie Cochran was the fprout of an aik,
Bonie, and bloomin and ftraught was' its make,
The fun took delight to fhine for its fake,
And it will be the brag o' the fort ft jet.
The fimmer is gane when the leaves they were green,
And the d;ys are awa that we hae feen, -
'But far better days I truft will com* again,
For my bonie laddies young but hes growin yet.
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Secure in valours ftation;
But Englifh gold has been our bane,
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
O would, or I had fee n the day
That treafon thus could foil us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay*
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith fa power, till my Jaft hour,
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It's neither your ftot nor your ftaig I fhall crave,
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The d_v_l he fwore by the kirk and the bell,
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He was not in wedlock, thank Heaven, but in h _ ,
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Then Satan has travell'd again wi' his pack, *
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And to her auld hufband he's carried her back,
And &c.
1 hae been a d_v_l the feck o' my life,
Hey and the rue grows bo'nie wi' thyme;
But ne'er was in -jy_Il till T met wi' a wife,
An' the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime.
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And ftill I feel the potent ftrain To frozen age at once imparts
Should fancy lofe the enchanting found, But tho' lifes winter now fevere,
Your heavenly voice fo fweet & clear, To hurt us all it's plagues may bring
Alone could chain the echoes round, Once more with tranfport I fhall hear
And give -it to my lift'ning ear Whilft you once more with pleafure fing
Jocky foa, and Jenny fain.
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Ithers feek they kenna what,
Features, carriage, and a' that;
Gie me loove in her I court;
Loove to loove maks a' the fport.
Let loove fparkle in her e*e;
Let her loe nae. man but me;
That's the tocher gude I pri/e,
There the Luver's treafure lies.
Colours mingl'd unco fine,
Common motives lang finfyne,
Never can engage my loove;
Let my fancy firft approve .
Nae the meat, but appetite
Maks our eating a delyt:
Beauty is at beft deceit; *
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I think that of news they've been fcanty. Said, peace be here to the bigging,
That I fhould be married fo foon,
Or yet fhould hae been fae flantly:
I winna be married, the year,
Suppofe I were courted by twenty;
Sae, Patie, ye need nae mair fpear,
For weel a wat I dinna want ye.
Now, Meggie, what maks ye fae fweer,
Is't caufe that I henna a maillin,
The lad that has plenty o'gear
Need ne'er want a half or a hail ane.
My dad 'has a good gray mare.
And yours has twa cows and a filly;
And that will be plenty o' gear,
Sae Maggie, be no fae ill_willy.
Indeed, Patie, I dinna ken,
But firft ye maun fpeir at my daddy
You're as well born as Ben,
And Icanna fay but Ttn ready.
There's plenty o' yarn in clues,
To make me a coat and a jimpy,
And plaiden enough to be trews,
Gif ye get it, I fhanna fcrimp ye.
Now fair fa' ye, my bonny Meg,
I's let a wee fmacky fa' c«you;
May my neck be as lang as my leg,
If I be an ill hufband unto you.
Sae gang your way hame e'now,
Make ready gin this day fifteen days,
And tell your father the news,
That 1*11 be his fon in great kindnefs.
Ft wZ T lT8 afttr that' l n The auld "*"* fet a"d ^ey chew'd,
W^dS?!„ . h" ggmg bUt PatiC* And When ** the carjgrew nappy
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Youre welcome, quo1 William, come ben,
Or I wifh it may rive frae the rigginp.
Now draw in your feat and fit down.
And tell's a' your news in a hurr\ :
And hafte ye, Meg, and be done,
And hing on the pan wi'the berry
Quoth Patie, My news is nae thrang;
Yeftreen\l was wi' his Honour;
I've taen three riggs of bra* land,
And hae bound myfel under a bonour.
And now my errant to you
Is for Meggy to help me to labour;
I think you maun gie's the belt cowr,
Becaufe that our haddin's but fober.
Well, now for to help you through,
I'll be at the coft of the bridal;
I 'fe cut the craig of the ewe
That had amaift deid of the fide-ill.
And that 'ill be plenty of bree,
Sae lang as our well is nae reifted,
To all the good neighbours and we,
And I think we'll no be that ill feafted
Quoth Patie, O thatil do well.
And I'll gie you your brofe in the _
O kail that was madeyeftreen /morning.
For I like them beft in the forenoon,
Sae Tam the piper did play,
And ilka ane dane'd that was willing.
And a' the lave they ranked through,
And they held the ftoupy ay filling.
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There ftreams forever flow, and there flowers for ever blow,
And alasl I am weary, weary O!
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The burden I muft bear, while the cruel fcourge I fear,
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And I think on friends moft dear with the bitter, bitter tear,
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Thou ftrik St the dull pea&nt, he finks in the dark,
Nor faves e'en the wreck of a name:
Thou ftrik st the young hero, a glorious mark!
He falls in the bla/e of his fame.
In the field of proud honor, our fwords in our hands,
Our King and bur . Country to fave,
While victory fhines on life's laft ebbing far.ds,
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Ye wild whiftling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green crefted lapwing thy fcreaming forbear,
t charge you difturb not my fJumbering Fair.
How lofty, fweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far market with the courfes of clear, winding rills;
There daily T wander as noon rifes high,
My flocks and my Mary's fweet Cot in my eye.
How pleafant thy banks and green vallies below,
Where wild in the woodlands the primrofes blow;.
There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea,
The fweet fcented birk (hades my Mary and me.
Thy chryftal ftream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary refides;
How wanton thy waters her fnowy feet lave,
As gathering meet flowerets fhe ftems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, fweet Afton, among thy green braes, .
Flow gently, fweet River, the theme of my la}8;
My Mary's afleep by thy murmuring ftream,
Flow gently, fweet Afton, difturb not her dream.
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And yellow Autumn prefses near,
Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter.
Till fmi ling Spring again appear.
Thus feafons dancing, life advancing.
Old Time and Nature their changes tell.
But never ranging, ftill unchanging,
1 adore my Bonic Bell.
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With foul funk in a golden grave,
Who knows no virtue but to fave,
With glaring gold bewitch her.
Tell her, for me fhe was defign'd,
For me who know how to be kind,
~A~fid have mair plenty in my mind,
Than ane who's ten times richer.
Let all the \*arld turn upfide down,
And fools run an eternal round,
In queft of what can ne'er be found,
To pleafe their vain ambition;
Let little minds great charms efpy,
In fhadows which at diftance ly,
Whofe hop'd-for pleafiire when come nigh
Proves nothing in fruition:
But caft into a mold divine,
Fair Delia does with luftre fhine,
Her virtuous foul's an ample mine,
Which yields a conftant treafore.
Let poets in fublimeft lays,
Employ their {kill her fame to raife;
Let fons of mufic pafs whole days,
With well-tun'd reeds to pleafe her.
TJjie Gallant Weaver.
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But to my heart I'll add my hand*
And give it to the Weaver.
While birds rejoice in leafy bovvers;
While bees delight in opening flowers;
While corn grows green in fimmer fhowcrs,
I love my gallant Weaver.
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Tho' he maun face the cannon amid the line o battle,
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And fafe and found return him, my dear boy, to me.
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And them that comes behin,
Let them do the like,
And fpend the gear they win.
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An kifsin s fvveet in May; An clappin is the lock,
But what fignifies a j-oung mans love, An makin_of s the beft thing,
Ant dinna laft for ay. That e'tr a voung Thing got.
O can 3"e (tc. O can ye *'c.
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On the Death of Delia's Linnet.
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.Sweet birdl whole quick inftinctive fenfe,
As well my Delia knew,
As fhe her mother, far from hence
You prematurely flew
No more fhalt thou expecting ftand,
From her a boon to wait;
No more pick fugar from her hand,
Detain'd by cruel fate.
No more when danger threatens nigh,
Shall thou afcdnd fhe wind,
To Delia's gentle bofom fly,
There fvveet afylum find . _
For ever ftopt thy bur}' wing
Thy tongue in filencelies,
No kind return of grateful fpring
Again fhall bid thee rife.
Torpid and cold, thy beauteous frame,
Our fight no more fhall dharm;
Thy lofs the deepeft woe fhall claim,
The brighteft eyes difarm.
Long fhall my Delia mourn thy doom
With undifsembfd woe,
Before her clouded charms refume
Their animating glow.
The Denies clang o'er my daddie.
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Ye wad na been fae donfie,0.
1 ve feen the day ye butter 'd my brofe,
And cuddled me late and early, O;
But downa do's come o'er me now,
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1 fpier'd gin fhe could fancy me,
But her anfwer was, T am too young.
To be your bride I am too young,
To be your loun wad fhame my kin,
So therefore pray young man begone,
■ For you never, never fhall my favour win.
But amang yon birks and hawthorns green,
Where rofes blaw and woodbines hing,
O there I learn'd my bonie lafs,
That fhe was not a fingle hour too young.
The lafsie blufh'd, the lafsie figh'd,
And the tear ftood twinklin in her e'e;
O kind Sir, fince ye hae done me this wrang,
It's pray when will ye marry me.
Its of that day tak ye nae heed,
For that's a day ye ne'er fhall fee;
For ought that pafs'd between us twar
Ye had your (hare as weel as me.
She wrang her hands, fhe tore her hair,
She cried out moft bitterlie,
O what will I fay to my mammie
When I gae hame wi'-my big belliel
O as ye maut, fo maun ye brew,
And 'as ye brew, fo maun ye tun;
But come to my arms, roy ae bonie lafs,
For ye never fhall rue what 30 now hae donf
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Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle fhe prove,
A woman has't by kind:
O' woman lovely woman fair!
An angel form's faun to thy fharp.
TwaoTbeen o'er meikle to gien thee mair,
I mean an angel mind.
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We'll laugh, fing, and rejoice, man;
And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil.
That danc'd awa wi' th' Excifeman.
The deils awa &c.
There s threefome reels, there 8 fourfome reels,
There s hornpipes and ftrathfpeys, man,
But the ae beft dance e'er cam to the Land
Was, the deil's awa wi' th' Excifeman.
The deil's awa &c.
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Whare nae chirften'd creature was near, X wifh it may ever be clear!
The birds all around me were talking For ay when I fit down to ftudy,
O naething but charming Mifs Weir. My mind rins on charming Mifs Weir.
That fweet, little bird ca'd the linnet, Irn toft like a fhip on the ocean,
In accents delightfully dear. That kens na what courfe for to fteer,
Declar'd to the world, that in it Yet at times I'm as vain in my notion
Was nought like the lovely Mifs Weir. As hope for the lovely Mifs Weir.
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